About Banigaon Village

Banigaon is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 134, made up of 64 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262541, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banigaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262541
Area (hectares)	67.9 hectares
Population	134
Male Population	64
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
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 Banigaon compares

By the 2011 count Banigaon is the 188th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 67.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1103.

Getting to Banigaon

Banigaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banigaon 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banigaon from other places

Banigaon lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 83 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 Banigaon
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	13 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	83 km

Villages closest to Banigaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Didihat 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 Banigaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Banigaon village had a population of 134. That makes it the 188th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Banigaon village has 64 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banigaon has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Banigaon is 262541. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banigaon covers 67.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banigaon falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banigaon is Kathgodam, about 83 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banigaon.

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

Banigaon is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 13 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.