About Banokhar Village

Banokhar is a mid sized village in Madanpur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 534 males and 452 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares.

Banokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banokhar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Madanpur
Area (hectares)	192 hectares
Population	986
Male Population	534
Female Population	452
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
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 Banokhar compares

By the 2011 count Banokhar is the 65th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 932.

Getting to Banokhar

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

Banokhar lies about 15 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Jakhim, about 21 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 Banokhar
Tehsil headquarters	Madanpur	12 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	15 km
Nearest town	Aurangābād	15 km
Nearest railway station	Jakhim	21 km

Villages closest to Banokhar

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 Banokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banokhar village had a population of 986. That makes it the 65th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents.

Banokhar village has 534 males and 452 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banokhar has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Banokhar covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banokhar falls under Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banokhar is Jakhim, about 21 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 Banokhar.

Banokhar is about 15 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banokhar is in Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Madanpur is about 12 km away. Aurangabad is about 15 km away. Aurangābād is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.