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About Banasi Village

Banasi is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 41 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banasi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246279
Area (hectares) 135.43 hectares
Population 87
Male Population 41
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banasi compares

By the 2011 count Banasi is the 167th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 135.43 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Banasi

Banasi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banasi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banasi from other places

Banasi lies about 4.3 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Banasi
Tehsil headquarters Dhoomakot 4.3 km
District headquarters Garhwal 4.3 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 13 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 13 km

Villages closest to Banasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banasi village had a population of 87. That makes it the 167th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Banasi village has 41 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banasi has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Banasi is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banasi covers 135.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banasi falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banasi is Kotdwara, about 13 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banasi.

Banasi is about 4.3 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banasi is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 4.3 km away. Garhwal is about 4.3 km away. Kotdwāra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Togyana (under 2 km), Basoli Sera And Rauderi Chhoti (3.9 km) and Rodari Chhoti (3.9 km).

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

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