# Banchuri Village, Yamkeshwar, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Yamkeshwar, Garhwal 

# Banchuri

Banchuri is a village in Yamkeshwar sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 101 households**, the 13th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 398people (2011)
- 101households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,211females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banchuri

Of every 100 households in Banchuri in 2011, 87 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banchuri · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**72%

Tap water ****75%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**82%

Television ****42%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**23%

Own their home ****71%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Banchuri?

■ Banchuri · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1211**

**1085

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**892

Working population ****30.4%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 66.0% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 64 (53%) · **■** Marginal 38 (31%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Yamkeshwar

- Dharkot443 people
- Awai428 people
- Juledi425 people
- Umroli400 people
- Bunga387 people
- Jogiyana383 people
- Toli380 people
- Sar378 people

[All 241 villages in Yamkeshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/yamkeshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banchuri?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banchuri in?Garhwal district (Yamkeshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banchuri?77.4% (Census 2011)