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About Bansyul Village

Bansyul is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 411, made up of 186 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansyul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansyul village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249132
Area (hectares) 97.12 hectares
Population 411
Male Population 186
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,210
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bansyul compares

By the 2011 count Bansyul is the 57th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 97.12 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Bansyul

Bansyul is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bansyul as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Bansyul from other places

Bansyul lies about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 27 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 Bansyul
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 12 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 12 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 27 km

Villages closest to Bansyul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansyul village had a population of 411. That makes it the 57th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Bansyul village has 186 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansyul has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Bansyul is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bansyul covers 97.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansyul falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bansyul is Harrawala, about 27 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bansyul.

Bansyul is about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansyul is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 12 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 12 km away. Harrawala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Syul (under 2 km), Jaul (under 2 km) and Davari Talli (under 2 km).

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

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