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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhani is a village in Rajgarhi mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand. It has a population of 331 across 55 households with a literacy rate of 61.3%. The village is located at coordinates 30.671°N, 78.380°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MEERA
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- LGD code
- 40302
- Pincode
- 249141
- Post office
- Burkot
- Population
- 331
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 61.3%
- Sex ratio
- 994 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 174
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 52 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 255 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 52 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Subhash Bazaz · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhani compares
By population, Bhani ranks #56 of 125 villages in Rajgarhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.3%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Bhani
- 61.3%
- Rajgarhi mandal
- 64.4%
- Uttar Kashi district
- 65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
994
+22 vs mandal average
- Bhani
- 994
- Rajgarhi mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
6.0
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Bhani
- 6.0
- Rajgarhi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhani at a glance
Bhani is a village of 331 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Rajgarhi tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 56th-largest of 125 villages in Rajgarhi tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 52 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249141, served by Burkot post office; the LGD village code is 40302. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Subhash Bazaz, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MEERA, and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 390 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bhani
- LGD code
- 40302
- Pincode
- 249141
- Post office
- Burkot
- Population (Census 2011)
- 331
- Population (projected 2026)
- 390
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 994
- Literacy rate
- 61.3%
- Coordinates
- 30.67149°N, 78.38006°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangotri
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suresh Singh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MEERA
- Block / Mandal
- Rajgarhi
Getting there
How to reach Bhani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun52 kmcapital
- Delhi255 km
- Kolkata1339 km
- Mumbai1403 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun52 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Subhash Bazaz8 km
- ATM / bankGramind Bank29 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump38 km
- CollegeLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration38 km
- Police stationDungidhar Police Chowki32 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhani
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nagni Thang MandirTemple4.3 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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