About Ban Gaon Village

Ban Gaon is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 493 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,166 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	534.21 hectares
Population	1,068
Male Population	493
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,166
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ban Gaon is the 8th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 534.21 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Ban Gaon

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

Ban Gaon lies about 25 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 44 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 Ban Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	25 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	25 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	44 km

Villages closest to Ban Gaon

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

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Common questions about Ban Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Gaon village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 8th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Ban Gaon village has 493 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Gaon has about 1166 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Ban Gaon is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Gaon covers 534.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ban Gaon falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ban Gaon is Dehradun, about 44 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 Ban Gaon.

Ban Gaon is about 25 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Gaon is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 25 km away. Uttarkashi is about 25 km away. Mussoorie is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.