About Banchuri Village

Banchuri is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 180 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banchuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchuri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	518.98 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	180
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,211
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 Banchuri compares

By the 2011 count Banchuri is the 13th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 518.98 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Banchuri

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

Banchuri lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Banchuri
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	8.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	21 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	24 km

Villages closest to Banchuri

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.

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Common questions about Banchuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchuri village had a population of 398. That makes it the 13th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Banchuri village has 180 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchuri has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Banchuri covers 518.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banchuri falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banchuri is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Banchuri.

Banchuri is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchuri is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.3 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Kotdwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.