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About Banas Malla Village

Banas Malla is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 68 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banas Malla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banas Malla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 287.01 hectares
Population 143
Male Population 68
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
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 Banas Malla compares

By the 2011 count Banas Malla is the 99th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 287.01 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1206.

Getting to Banas Malla

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

Banas Malla lies about 30 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, about 16 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 Banas Malla
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Raiwala Junction 16 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 17 km
District headquarters Garhwal 30 km

Villages closest to Banas Malla

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 Banas Malla

As per the Census of India 2011, Banas Malla village had a population of 143. That makes it the 99th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Banas Malla village has 68 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banas Malla has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Banas Malla is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banas Malla covers 287.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banas Malla falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banas Malla is Raiwala Junction, about 16 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 Banas Malla.

Banas Malla is about 30 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banas Malla is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.3 km away. Raiwala Junction is about 16 km away. Rishīkesh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malla (under 2 km), Kasan (under 2 km) and Simal Khet (under 2 km).

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

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