About Banguon Village

Banguon is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 40 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banguon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banguon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	85.15 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	40
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banguon compares

By the 2011 count Banguon is the 296th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 85.15 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1243.

Getting to Banguon

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

Banguon lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 29 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 Banguon
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	21 km
Nearest town	Pauri	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	29 km

Villages closest to Banguon

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.

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Common questions about Banguon

As per the Census of India 2011, Banguon village had a population of 83. That makes it the 296th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Banguon village has 40 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banguon has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Banguon covers 85.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banguon falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banguon is Kotdwara, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banguon.

Banguon is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banguon is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 19 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Pauri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.