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About Bhandar Gaon Village

Bhandar Gaon is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 182 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhandar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhandar Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 65.69 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 182
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhandar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bhandar Gaon is the 59th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 65.69 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Bhandar Gaon

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

Bhandar Gaon lies about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 22 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 Bhandar Gaon
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 15 km
Nearest town Tehri 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 16 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 22 km

Villages closest to Bhandar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narendranagar 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 Bhandar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhandar Gaon village had a population of 375. That makes it the 59th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Bhandar Gaon village has 182 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhandar Gaon has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Bhandar Gaon is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhandar Gaon covers 65.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhandar Gaon falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhandar Gaon is Rishikesh, about 22 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 Bhandar Gaon.

Bhandar Gaon is about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhandar Gaon is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 15 km away. Tehri is about 15 km away. Narendranagar 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 Rampur (under 2 km), Nala Kanchan Pur (under 2 km) and Atali (under 2 km).

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

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