About Bans Village

Bans is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 68 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bans village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262527
Area (hectares)	17.62 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	68
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bans compares

By the 2011 count Bans is the 165th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 17.62 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Bans

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

Bans lies about 31 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 60 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 Bans
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	24 km
District headquarters	Champawat	31 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	60 km

Villages closest to Bans

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 Bans

As per the Census of India 2011, Bans village had a population of 141. That makes it the 165th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Bans village has 68 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bans has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1057.

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

Bans covers 17.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bans falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bans is Tanakpur, about 60 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 10+ km distance for Bans.

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

Bans is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Pithorāgarh is about 7.3 km away. Lohaghat is about 24 km away. Champawat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.