About Bichhu Village

Bichhu is a mid sized village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 335 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bichhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bichhu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249186
Area (hectares)	535.73 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	335
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bichhu compares

By the 2011 count Bichhu is the 19th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 535.73 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Bichhu

Bichhu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bichhu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bichhu from other places

Bichhu lies about 41 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 24 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 Bichhu
Nearest town	Mussoorie	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	20 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	24 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	41 km

Villages closest to Bichhu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bichhu village had a population of 645. That makes it the 19th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Bichhu village has 335 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bichhu has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Bichhu is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bichhu covers 535.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bichhu falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bichhu is Dehradun, about 24 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 village for Bichhu.

Bichhu is about 41 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bichhu is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 7.7 km away. Dhanaulti is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.