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About Bandil Village

Bandil is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 42 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,381 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandil village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246128
Area (hectares) 42.7 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 42
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,381
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 Bandil compares

By the 2011 count Bandil is the 267th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 42.7 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Bandil

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

Bandil lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 30 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 Bandil
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 12 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Pauri 26 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 30 km

Villages closest to Bandil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandil village had a population of 100. That makes it the 267th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Bandil village has 42 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandil has about 1381 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Bandil is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandil covers 42.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bandil falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandil is Kotdwara, about 30 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 Bandil.

Bandil is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandil is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 12 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Pauri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pili (under 2 km), Amdanda Talla (2.3 km) and Kwirali (2.7 km).

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

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