About Banas Village

Banas is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 198 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	175.48 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	198
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banas compares

By the 2011 count Banas is the 67th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 175.48 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Banas

Banas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banas as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Banas from other places

Banas lies about 25 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 80 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 Banas
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	20 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	25 km
Nearest town	Tehri	63 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	80 km

Villages closest to Banas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banas village had a population of 363. That makes it the 67th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Banas village has 198 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banas has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Banas is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banas covers 175.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banas falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banas is Dehradun, about 80 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 village for Banas.

Banas 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.

Banas is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 20 km away. Uttarkashi is about 25 km away. Tehri is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.