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About Banawan Village

Banawan is a mid sized village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 531 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares.

Banawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Shahkund
Area (hectares) 168 hectares
Population 1,033
Male Population 531
Female Population 502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banawan compares

By the 2011 count Banawan is the 57th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Banawan

Banawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banawan from other places

Banawan lies about 35 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 11 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 Banawan
Nearest town Kharagpur 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Khariapipra Halt 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkund 17 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 35 km

Villages closest to Banawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banawan village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 57th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Banawan village has 531 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banawan has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 886.

Banawan covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banawan falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banawan is Khariapipra Halt, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banawan.

Banawan is about 35 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banawan is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharagpur is about 9.5 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 11 km away. Shahkund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banawan Arazi (under 2 km), Sarauni (1.7 km) and Sarauni Arazi (1.7 km).

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

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