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About Bhangar Village

Bhangar is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 44 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhangar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 52.14 hectares
Population 94
Male Population 44
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhangar compares

By the 2011 count Bhangar is the 235th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 52.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Bhangar

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

Bhangar lies about 8.6 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 31 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 Bhangar
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 8.6 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 31 km

Villages closest to Bhangar

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 Bhangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhangar village had a population of 94. That makes it the 235th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Bhangar village has 44 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhangar has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Bhangar is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhangar covers 52.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhangar is Rishikesh, about 31 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 <5 km distance for Bhangar.

Bhangar is about 8.6 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhangar is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.6 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.6 km away. Rishikesh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dikhol Gaon Udaikot (under 2 km), Jaskot (under 2 km) and Khand Birkot (under 2 km).

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

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