About Bishi Village

Bishi is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 83 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bishi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bishi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	99.55 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	83
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,193
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 Bishi compares

By the 2011 count Bishi is the 74th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 99.55 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Bishi

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

Bishi lies about 19 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Bishi
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	8.8 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	19 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Bishi

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 Bishi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bishi village had a population of 182. That makes it the 74th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Bishi village has 83 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bishi has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Bishi covers 99.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bishi falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bishi is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Bishi.

Bishi is about 19 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bishi is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.8 km away. Garhwal is about 19 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.