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About Banskheri Village

Banskheri is a mid sized village in Bajpur tehsil, in the district of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 378 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskheri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Udham Singh Nagar
Tehsil Bajpur
Pincode 262401
Area (hectares) 301.34 hectares
Population 706
Male Population 378
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskheri compares

By the 2011 count Banskheri is the 64th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents. Its 301.34 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Banskheri

Banskheri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banskheri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banskheri from other places

Banskheri lies about 14 km from Udham Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Beria Daulat, about 1.5 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 Banskheri
Nearest railway station Beria Daulat 1.5 km
Nearest town Bāzpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bajpur 14 km
District headquarters Udham Singh Nagar 14 km

Villages closest to Banskheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskheri village had a population of 706. That makes it the 64th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents.

Banskheri village has 378 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskheri has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Banskheri is 262401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskheri covers 301.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskheri falls under Bajpur tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskheri is Beria Daulat, about 1.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banskheri.

Banskheri is about 14 km from Udham Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskheri is in Bajpur tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar district. Beria Daulat is about 1.5 km away. Bāzpur is about 11 km away. Bajpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhawa Nagla (1.7 km), Bhjuwa Nagla (1.7 km) and Baria Daulat (1.7 km).

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

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