About Baun Village

Baun is a mid sized village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,141, made up of 579 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249151
Area (hectares)	224.63 hectares
Population	1,141
Male Population	579
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baun compares

By the 2011 count Baun is the 11th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 224.63 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Baun

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

Baun lies about 44 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Baun
Nearest town	Tehri	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	24 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	30 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	44 km

Villages closest to Baun

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 Baun

As per the Census of India 2011, Baun village had a population of 1,141. That makes it the 11th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Baun village has 579 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baun has about 971 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 Baun is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baun covers 224.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baun falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baun is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Baun.

Baun is about 44 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baun is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Tehri is about 6.9 km away. Dunda is about 24 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.