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About Bansi Village

Bansi is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 153 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 59.59 hectares
Population 310
Male Population 153
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bansi compares

By the 2011 count Bansi is the 46th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 59.59 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Bansi

Bansi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bansi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bansi from other places

Bansi lies about 4.5 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Bansi
District headquarters Garhwal 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 7.1 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 13 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 13 km

Villages closest to Bansi

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 Bansi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansi village had a population of 310. That makes it the 46th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Bansi village has 153 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansi has about 1026 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 Bansi is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bansi covers 59.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansi falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bansi is Kotdwara, about 13 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bansi.

Bansi is about 4.5 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansi is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 4.5 km away. Lansdowne is about 7.1 km away. Kotdwāra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bore Gaon (under 2 km), Golikhet (under 2 km) and Gajwar (under 2 km).

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

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