About Banku Village

Banku is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 157 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,166 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banku village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	192.46 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	157
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,166
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banku compares

By the 2011 count Banku is the 76th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 192.46 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Banku

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

Banku lies about 17 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 18 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 Banku
District headquarters	Champawat	17 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	23 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	41 km

Villages closest to Banku

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 Banku

As per the Census of India 2011, Banku village had a population of 340. That makes it the 76th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Banku village has 157 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banku has about 1166 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Banku is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banku covers 192.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banku falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banku is Tanakpur, about 18 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 Banku.

Banku is about 17 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banku is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 17 km away. Tanakpur is about 18 km away. Lohaghat is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.