About Bhanwansi Village

Bhanwansi is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 156 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhanwansi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanwansi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	85.22 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	156
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,173
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 Bhanwansi compares

By the 2011 count Bhanwansi is the 69th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 85.22 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Bhanwansi

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

Bhanwansi lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, 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 Bhanwansi
Nearest railway station	Raiwala Junction	18 km
Nearest town	Haridwar	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	28 km

Villages closest to Bhanwansi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanwansi village had a population of 339. That makes it the 69th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Bhanwansi village has 156 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanwansi has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Bhanwansi is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhanwansi covers 85.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhanwansi falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhanwansi is Raiwala Junction, 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 10+ km distance for Bhanwansi.

Bhanwansi is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhanwansi is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Raiwala Junction is about 18 km away. Haridwar is about 19 km away. Garhwal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.