About Banni Village

Banni is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 74 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,662 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banni village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	249.58 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	74
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,662
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 Banni compares

By the 2011 count Banni is the 124th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 249.58 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Banni

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

Banni lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 27 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 Banni
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	27 km

Villages closest to Banni

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 Banni

As per the Census of India 2011, Banni village had a population of 197. That makes it the 124th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Banni village has 74 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banni has about 1662 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Banni covers 249.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banni falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banni is Rishikesh, about 27 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 Banni.

Banni 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.

Banni is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Rishīkesh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.