About Bhenta Village

Bhenta is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 396 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 694 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhenta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhenta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	39.5 hectares
Population	671
Male Population	396
Female Population	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	694
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhenta compares

By the 2011 count Bhenta is the 25th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 39.5 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Bhenta

Bhenta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhenta as Available within village. 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 Bhenta from other places

Bhenta lies about 42 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 86 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 Bhenta
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	under 2 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	42 km
Nearest town	Almora	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	86 km

Villages closest to Bhenta

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 Bhenta

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhenta village had a population of 671. That makes it the 25th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Bhenta village has 396 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhenta has about 694 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Bhenta is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhenta covers 39.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bhenta falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhenta is Ramnagar, about 86 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bhenta.

Bhenta is about 42 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhenta is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about under 2 km away. Chamoli is about 42 km away. Almora is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.