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About Binau Village

Binau is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 150 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binau village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 43.41 hectares
Population 306
Male Population 150
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Binau compares

By the 2011 count Binau is the 85th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 43.41 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Binau

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

Binau lies about 43 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 32 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 Binau
Nearest town Mussoorie 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 24 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 32 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 43 km

Villages closest to Binau

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.

Common questions about Binau

As per the Census of India 2011, Binau village had a population of 306. That makes it the 85th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Binau village has 150 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binau has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Binau covers 43.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Binau is Dehradun, about 32 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 Binau.

Binau is about 43 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binau is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dhanaulti is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandasari (under 2 km), Rampur Negiyana (under 2 km) and Pantwari (under 2 km).

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

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