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About Paini Bhanwan Village

Paini Bhanwan is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 192 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paini Bhanwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paini Bhanwan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Dunda
Pincode 249151
Area (hectares) 112.21 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 192
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
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 Paini Bhanwan compares

By the 2011 count Paini Bhanwan is the 53rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 112.21 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Paini Bhanwan

Paini Bhanwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paini Bhanwan 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 Paini Bhanwan from other places

Paini Bhanwan lies about 18 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 53 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 Paini Bhanwan
District headquarters Uttarkashi 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Dunda 32 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 37 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 53 km

Villages closest to Paini Bhanwan

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.

Common questions about Paini Bhanwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Paini Bhanwan village had a population of 396. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Paini Bhanwan village has 192 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paini Bhanwan has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Paini Bhanwan is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paini Bhanwan covers 112.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paini Bhanwan falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paini Bhanwan is Dehradun, about 53 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 Paini Bhanwan.

Paini Bhanwan 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.

Paini Bhanwan is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 18 km away. Dunda is about 32 km away. Mussoorie is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharwan (under 2 km), Wan (under 2 km) and Nagal (2.1 km).

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

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