About Bankot Village

Bankot is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 223 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,359 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	76.87 hectares
Population	526
Male Population	223
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,359
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 Bankot compares

By the 2011 count Bankot is the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 76.87 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Bankot

Bankot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bankot 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 Bankot from other places

Bankot lies about 18 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 43 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 Bankot
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	18 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	43 km

Villages closest to Bankot

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 Bankot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankot village had a population of 526. That makes it the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Bankot village has 223 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankot has about 1359 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Bankot covers 76.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bankot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankot is Dehradun, about 43 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 Bankot.

Bankot is about 18 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankot is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 18 km away. Uttarkashi is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.