About Bandu Village

Bandu is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 98 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	34.17 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	98
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandu compares

By the 2011 count Bandu is the 94th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 34.17 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Bandu

Bandu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bandu as Available within 5 - 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 Bandu from other places

Bandu lies about 14 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 48 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 Bandu
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	24 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	48 km

Villages closest to Bandu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandu village had a population of 192. That makes it the 94th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Bandu village has 98 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandu has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Bandu covers 34.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bandu falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandu is Dehradun, about 48 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bandu.

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

Bandu is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 14 km away. Dunda is about 24 km away. Mussoorie is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.