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About Baghmari Village

Baghmari is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 242 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares.

Baghmari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baghmari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Area (hectares) 114 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 242
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Baghmari compares

By the 2011 count Baghmari is the 102nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Baghmari

Baghmari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Baghmari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baghmari from other places

Baghmari lies about 115 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 6.5 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 Baghmari
Nearest railway station Kusheshwar Asthan 6.5 km
Nearest town Bakhri 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 20 km
District headquarters Banka 115 km

Villages closest to Baghmari

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

Common questions about Baghmari

As per the Census of India 2011, Baghmari village had a population of 471. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Baghmari village has 242 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baghmari 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.

Baghmari covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baghmari falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baghmari is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baghmari.

Baghmari is about 115 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baghmari is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 6.5 km away. Bakhri is about 18 km away. Chanan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhajha (4.8 km), Tola Jhajhraha (4.8 km) and Tola Mehdijhajha (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baghmari today is likely to be higher.

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