About Bans Village

Bans is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 106 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bans village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	96.91 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	106
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,255
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bans compares

By the 2011 count Bans is the 101st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 96.91 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Bans

Bans is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bans as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bans from other places

Bans lies about 7.3 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 60 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 Bans
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	7.3 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	11 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	60 km

Villages closest to Bans

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 Bans

As per the Census of India 2011, Bans village had a population of 239. That makes it the 101st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bans village has 106 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bans has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Bans is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bans covers 96.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bans falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bans is Tanakpur, about 60 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bans.

Bans is about 7.3 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bans is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 7.3 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 7.3 km away. Gangolihat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.