About Bankoo Village

Bankoo is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 105 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankoo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankoo village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	401.24 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	105
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
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 Bankoo compares

By the 2011 count Bankoo is the 124th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 401.24 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Bankoo

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

Bankoo lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Bankoo
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	24 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	64 km

Villages closest to Bankoo

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 Bankoo

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankoo village had a population of 209. That makes it the 124th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Bankoo village has 105 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankoo has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Bankoo is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankoo covers 401.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankoo falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankoo is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Bankoo.

Bankoo is about 24 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankoo is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 24 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 24 km away. Didihat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.