About Banela Gaon Village

Banela Gaon is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 114 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,237 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banela Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banela Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	148.61 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	114
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,237
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 Banela Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Banela Gaon is the 93rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 148.61 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, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Banela Gaon

Banela Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banela Gaon 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 Banela Gaon from other places

Banela Gaon lies about 34 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 72 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 Banela Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	18 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	34 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	72 km

Villages closest to Banela Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangolihat 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 Banela Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Banela Gaon village had a population of 255. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Banela Gaon village has 114 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banela Gaon has about 1237 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Banela Gaon is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banela Gaon covers 148.61 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.

Banela Gaon falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banela Gaon is Kathgodam, about 72 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 Banela Gaon.

Banela Gaon is about 34 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banela Gaon is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 18 km away. Pithoragarh is about 34 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.