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About Bandel Village

Bandel is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 19 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandel village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 101.81 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 19
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
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 Bandel compares

By the 2011 count Bandel is the 178th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 101.81 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Bandel

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

Bandel lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Bandel
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 5.9 km
District headquarters Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Pauri 24 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 28 km

Villages closest to Bandel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandel village had a population of 39. That makes it the 178th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Bandel village has 19 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandel has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Bandel is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandel covers 101.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandel falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandel is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Bandel.

Bandel is about 18 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandel is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 5.9 km away. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Pauri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badeli (under 2 km), Patli (under 2 km) and Sandaniya (2.0 km).

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

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