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About Bantail Village

Bantail is a mid sized village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,897, made up of 913 males and 984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bantail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bantail village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Kuchaikote
Pincode 841505
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 1,897
Male Population 913
Female Population 984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bantail compares

By the 2011 count Bantail is the 53rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Bantail

Bantail is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bantail as Available within 5 - 10 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 Bantail from other places

Bantail lies about 13 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Sasa Musa, about 4.2 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 Bantail
Nearest railway station Sasa Musa 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchaikote 13 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 13 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 13 km

Villages closest to Bantail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bantail village had a population of 1,897. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Bantail village has 913 males and 984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bantail has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bantail is 841505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bantail covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bantail falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bantail is Sasa Musa, about 4.2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bantail.

Bantail is about 13 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bantail is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Sasa Musa is about 4.2 km away. Kuchaikote is about 13 km away. Gopalganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramgarhwa (under 2 km), Mathia Khas (under 2 km) and Doman Banjaria (under 2 km).

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

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