About Bingar Village

Bingar is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 226 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bingar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bingar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	136.02 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	226
Female Population	260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bingar compares

By the 2011 count Bingar is the 23rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 136.02 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Bingar

Bingar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bingar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bingar from other places

Bingar lies about 64 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 51 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bingar
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	16 km
Nearest town	Pauri	38 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	51 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	64 km

Villages closest to Bingar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokhari tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Bingar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bingar village had a population of 486. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Bingar village has 226 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bingar has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Bingar is 246473. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bingar covers 136.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bingar falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bingar is Kotdwara, about 51 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bingar.

Bingar is about 64 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bingar is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 16 km away. Pauri is about 38 km away. Kotdwara is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.