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About Banni Village

Banni is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 74 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares.

Banni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sonhaula
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 154
Male Population 74
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banni compares

By the 2011 count Banni is the 125th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Banni

Banni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banni as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Bamia, Bangaon, Baniadih and Baniara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banni

As per the Census of India 2011, Banni village had a population of 154. That makes it the 125th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Banni village has 74 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banni has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Banni covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banni falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Banni notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banni.

Banni is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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