About Banian Village

Banian is a large village in Madanpur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,000, made up of 2,055 males and 1,945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251 hectares hectares.

Banian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banian village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Madanpur
Area (hectares)	251 hectares
Population	4,000
Male Population	2,055
Female Population	1,945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banian compares

By the 2011 count Banian is the 10th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents. Its 251 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Banian

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

Banian lies about 21 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 17 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 Banian
Tehsil headquarters	Madanpur	3.2 km
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	17 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	18 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	21 km

Villages closest to Banian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banian village had a population of 4,000. That makes it the 10th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents.

Banian village has 2,055 males and 1,945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banian has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Banian covers 251 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banian falls under Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banian is Dev Road Halt, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banian.

Banian is about 21 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banian is in Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Madanpur is about 3.2 km away. Dev Road Halt is about 17 km away. Rafiganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.