About Bhankund Village

Bhankund is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 10 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246469, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhankund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhankund village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246469
Area (hectares)	49.13 hectares
Population	16
Male Population	10
Female Population	6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	600
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhankund compares

By the 2011 count Bhankund is the 214th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 49.13 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Bhankund

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

Bhankund lies about 26 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 89 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 Bhankund
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	under 2 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	26 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	43 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	89 km

Villages closest to Bhankund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhankund village had a population of 16. That makes it the 214th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Bhankund village has 10 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhankund has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Bhankund is 246469. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhankund covers 49.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhankund falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhankund is Rishikesh, about 89 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 Bhankund.

Bhankund is about 26 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhankund is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about under 2 km away. Rudraprayag is about 26 km away. Srīnagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.