About Bank Village

Bank is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 307 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bank Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bank village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	339.34 hectares
Population	664
Male Population	307
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,163
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bank compares

By the 2011 count Bank is the 26th 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 339.34 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Bank

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

Bank lies about 41 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 96 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 Bank
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	10 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	41 km
Nearest town	Almora	59 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	96 km

Villages closest to Bank

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 Bank

As per the Census of India 2011, Bank village had a population of 664. That makes it the 26th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Bank village has 307 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bank has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Bank is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bank covers 339.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bank falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bank is Ramnagar, about 96 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 Bank.

Bank is about 41 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bank is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 10 km away. Chamoli is about 41 km away. Almora is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.