About Baniya Gaon Village

Baniya Gaon is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 76 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baniya Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniya Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246143
Area (hectares)	30.11 hectares
Population	136
Male Population	76
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baniya Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Baniya Gaon is the 238th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 30.11 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Baniya Gaon

Baniya Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baniya Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Baniya Gaon from other places

Baniya Gaon 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 Baniya Gaon
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	29 km

Villages closest to Baniya Gaon

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 Baniya Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniya Gaon village had a population of 136. That makes it the 238th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Baniya Gaon village has 76 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniya Gaon has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Baniya Gaon is 246143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baniya Gaon covers 30.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baniya Gaon falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baniya Gaon 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baniya Gaon.

Baniya Gaon 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.

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