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About Baluni Danda Village

Baluni Danda is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 16 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,312 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baluni Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baluni Danda village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 15.57 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 16
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,312
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 Baluni Danda compares

By the 2011 count Baluni Danda is the 192nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 15.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Baluni Danda

Baluni Danda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baluni Danda 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 Baluni Danda from other places

Baluni Danda lies about 51 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 11 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 Baluni Danda
Nearest town Rishīkesh 10 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 51 km

Villages closest to Baluni Danda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar 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 Baluni Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Baluni Danda village had a population of 37. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Baluni Danda village has 16 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baluni Danda has about 1312 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Baluni Danda is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baluni Danda covers 15.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baluni Danda falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baluni Danda is Rishikesh, about 11 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 Baluni Danda.

Baluni Danda is about 51 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baluni Danda is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 10 km away. Rishikesh is about 11 km away. Yamkeshwar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bist Danda (under 2 km), Danda Damraoa (under 2 km) and Danda Vinak (under 2 km).

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

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