About Banela Village

Banela is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 87 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,218 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246444
Area (hectares)	89.87 hectares
Population	193
Male Population	87
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,218
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banela compares

By the 2011 count Banela is the 155th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 89.87 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Banela

Banela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banela as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banela from other places

Banela lies about 31 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 87 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 Banela
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	14 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	31 km
Nearest town	Pauri	61 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	87 km

Villages closest to Banela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tharali 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 Banela

As per the Census of India 2011, Banela village had a population of 193. That makes it the 155th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Banela village has 87 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banela has about 1218 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Banela is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banela covers 89.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banela falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banela is Ramnagar, about 87 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banela.

Banela is about 31 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banela is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 31 km away. Pauri is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.