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About Bail Pokhra Village

Bail Pokhra is a mid sized village in Kaladhungi tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 551 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bail Pokhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bail Pokhra village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Kaladhungi
Pincode 263140
Area (hectares) 231.89 hectares
Population 1,040
Male Population 551
Female Population 489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bail Pokhra compares

By the 2011 count Bail Pokhra is the 15th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 429 residents. Its 231.89 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Bail Pokhra

Bail Pokhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bail Pokhra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bail Pokhra from other places

Bail Pokhra lies about 11 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 25 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 Bail Pokhra
District headquarters Nainital 11 km
Nearest town Naini Tāl 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaladhungi 20 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 25 km

Villages closest to Bail Pokhra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaladhungi 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 Bail Pokhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Bail Pokhra village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 15th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 429 residents.

Bail Pokhra village has 551 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bail Pokhra has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Bail Pokhra is 263140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bail Pokhra covers 231.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bail Pokhra falls under Kaladhungi tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bail Pokhra is Ramnagar, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bail Pokhra.

Bail Pokhra is about 11 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bail Pokhra is in Kaladhungi tehsil of Nainital district. Nainital is about 11 km away. Naini Tāl is about 11 km away. Kaladhungi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gebua Daulia (2.3 km), Jalaliaganja (7.4 km) and Sonajala Naya Abad (7.4 km).

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

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