About Baun Village

Baun is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 237 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262546
Area (hectares)	278.78 hectares
Population	477
Male Population	237
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baun compares

By the 2011 count Baun is the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 278.78 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Baun

Baun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baling, Baluwakot, Bangapani and Baram. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Baun

As per the Census of India 2011, Baun village had a population of 477. That makes it the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Baun village has 237 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baun has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Baun is 262546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baun covers 278.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baun falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Baun notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baun.

Baun is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.