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About Bansar Village

Bansar is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 44 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Kalsi
Pincode 248158
Area (hectares) 70.27 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 44
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bansar compares

By the 2011 count Bansar is the 138th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 70.27 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 948.

Getting to Bansar

Bansar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bansar as Available within 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 Bansar from other places

Bansar lies about 33 km from Dehradun. 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 Bansar
Tehsil headquarters Kalsi 3.7 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 25 km
District headquarters Dehradun 33 km

Villages closest to Bansar

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

Common questions about Bansar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansar village had a population of 92. That makes it the 138th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Bansar village has 44 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansar has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Bansar is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bansar covers 70.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bansar falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Bansar notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Bansar.

Bansar is about 33 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansar is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 3.7 km away. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Dehradun is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thurau (under 2 km), Chapanu (under 2 km) and Panjiya (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bansar today is likely to be higher.

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