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About Bangaon Village

Bangaon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 119 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 144.27 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 119
Female Population 103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bangaon compares

By the 2011 count Bangaon is the 124th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 144.27 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1004.

Getting to Bangaon

Bangaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bangaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bangaon from other places

Bangaon lies about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 7.9 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 Bangaon
Nearest town Rāipur 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 33 km

Villages closest to Bangaon

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 Bangaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangaon village had a population of 222. That makes it the 124th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Bangaon village has 119 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangaon has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Bangaon covers 144.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bangaon is Harrawala, about 7.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bangaon.

Bangaon is about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangaon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rāipur is about 5.4 km away. Harrawala is about 7.9 km away. Dhanaulti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahendra Pur (under 2 km), Kandi Baglon Ki (1.6 km) and Kandi Jethuki (1.6 km).

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

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