About Banarsi Bigha Village

Banarsi Bigha is a small village in Bodh Gaya tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 113 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares.

Banarsi Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banarsi Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Bodh Gaya
Area (hectares)	153 hectares
Population	214
Male Population	113
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
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 Banarsi Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Banarsi Bigha is the 121st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Banarsi Bigha

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

Banarsi Bigha lies about 19 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 1.7 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 Banarsi Bigha
Nearest railway station	Bela	1.7 km
Nearest town	Makhdumpur	11 km
District headquarters	Gaya	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bodh Gaya	30 km

Villages closest to Banarsi Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodh Gaya 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 Banarsi Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Banarsi Bigha village had a population of 214. That makes it the 121st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Banarsi Bigha village has 113 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banarsi Bigha has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Banarsi Bigha covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banarsi Bigha falls under Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banarsi Bigha is Bela, about 1.7 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 Banarsi Bigha.

Banarsi Bigha is about 19 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banarsi Bigha is in Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district. Bela is about 1.7 km away. Makhdumpur is about 11 km away. Gaya is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.