About Bulekha Village

Bulekha is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 72 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,444 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bulekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bulekha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	107.56 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	72
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,444
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bulekha compares

By the 2011 count Bulekha is the 147th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 107.56 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Bulekha

Bulekha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bulekha as Available within 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 Bulekha from other places

Bulekha lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Bulekha
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	15 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km

Villages closest to Bulekha

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 Bulekha

As per the Census of India 2011, Bulekha village had a population of 176. That makes it the 147th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Bulekha village has 72 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bulekha has about 1444 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Bulekha is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bulekha covers 107.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bulekha falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bulekha is Kotdwara, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bulekha.

Bulekha is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bulekha is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 15 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.