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About Bajani Village

Bajani is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 139 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bajani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bajani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262551
Area (hectares) 169.84 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 139
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
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 Bajani compares

By the 2011 count Bajani is the 78th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 169.84 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Bajani

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

Bajani lies about 18 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 76 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 Bajani
District headquarters Pithoragarh 18 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 25 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 76 km

Villages closest to Bajani

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.

Common questions about Bajani

As per the Census of India 2011, Bajani village had a population of 284. That makes it the 78th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Bajani village has 139 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bajani has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Bajani is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bajani covers 169.84 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.

Bajani falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bajani is Tanakpur, about 76 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 Bajani.

Bajani is about 18 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bajani is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 18 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 18 km away. Didihat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamtar (1.6 km), Jamtari (1.6 km) and Durlekh (1.7 km).

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

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