About Banra Village

Banra is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 279 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	824232
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	550
Male Population	279
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banra compares

By the 2011 count Banra is the 123rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Banra

Banra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banra as Available within 5 - 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 Banra from other places

Banra lies about 66 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Nadwan, 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 Banra
Nearest railway station	Nadwan	1.7 km
Nearest town	Masaurhi Buzurg	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	20 km
District headquarters	Gaya	66 km

Villages closest to Banra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banra village had a population of 550. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Banra village has 279 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banra has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Banra is 824232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banra covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banra falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banra is Nadwan, 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 10+ km distance for Banra.

Banra is about 66 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banra is in Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district. Nadwan is about 1.7 km away. Masaurhi Buzurg is about 4.5 km away. Fatehpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.