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About Banja Devi Village

Banja Devi is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 48 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,396 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banja Devi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banja Devi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 41.58 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 48
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,396
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banja Devi compares

By the 2011 count Banja Devi is the 226th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 41.58 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Banja Devi

Banja Devi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banja Devi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banja Devi from other places

Banja Devi lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 37 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 Banja Devi
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 29 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest town Afzalgarh 36 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 37 km

Villages closest to Banja Devi

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 Banja Devi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banja Devi village had a population of 115. That makes it the 226th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Banja Devi village has 48 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banja Devi has about 1396 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Banja Devi is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banja Devi covers 41.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banja Devi falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banja Devi is Ramnagar, about 37 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Banja Devi.

Banja Devi is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banja Devi is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 29 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Afzalgarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Papari (1.8 km), Diyor (2.8 km) and Dikoliya (3.0 km).

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

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