About Banj Village

Banj is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 15 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262527
Area (hectares)	72.88 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	15
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,333
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banj compares

By the 2011 count Banj is the 236th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 72.88 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Banj

Banj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banj as Available within 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 Banj from other places

Banj lies about 9.4 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 36 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 Banj
District headquarters	Champawat	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	10 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	32 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	36 km

Villages closest to Banj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banj village had a population of 35. That makes it the 236th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Banj village has 15 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banj has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Banj is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banj covers 72.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banj falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banj is Tanakpur, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banj.

Banj is about 9.4 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banj is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 9.4 km away. Lohaghat is about 10 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.