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About Tola Ganjira Village

Tola Ganjira is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 152 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares.

Tola Ganjira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tola Ganjira village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Area (hectares) 61 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 152
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tola Ganjira compares

By the 2011 count Tola Ganjira is the 163rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Tola Ganjira

Tola Ganjira is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tola Ganjira as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Tola Ganjira from other places

Tola Ganjira lies about 115 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Shasan Halt, about 4.3 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 Tola Ganjira
Nearest railway station Shasan Halt 4.3 km
Nearest town Bakhri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 28 km
District headquarters Banka 115 km

Villages closest to Tola Ganjira

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 Tola Ganjira

As per the Census of India 2011, Tola Ganjira village had a population of 284. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Tola Ganjira village has 152 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tola Ganjira has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Tola Ganjira covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tola Ganjira falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tola Ganjira is Shasan Halt, about 4.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tola Ganjira.

Tola Ganjira 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.

Tola Ganjira is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Shasan Halt is about 4.3 km away. Bakhri is about 12 km away. Chanan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Asuraha (3.0 km), Tola Auraia (5.8 km) and Kataun (9.0 km).

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

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