About Banekh Village

Banekh is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 128 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,539 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banekh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banekh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246123
Area (hectares)	110.75 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	128
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,539
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banekh compares

By the 2011 count Banekh is the 75th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 110.75 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Banekh

Banekh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banekh 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 Banekh from other places

Banekh lies about 45 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 56 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 Banekh
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	17 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	45 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	56 km

Villages closest to Banekh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 Banekh

As per the Census of India 2011, Banekh village had a population of 325. That makes it the 75th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Banekh village has 128 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banekh has about 1539 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Banekh is 246123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banekh covers 110.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banekh falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banekh is Kotdwara, about 56 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 Banekh.

Banekh is about 45 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banekh is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 17 km away. Garhwal is about 45 km away. Kotdwara is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.