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About Banjaria Village

Banjaria is a mid sized village in Sidhwalia tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 332 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares.

Banjaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjaria village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Sidhwalia
Area (hectares) 185 hectares
Population 693
Male Population 332
Female Population 361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
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 Banjaria compares

By the 2011 count Banjaria is the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,059 residents. Its 185 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 1014.

Getting to Banjaria

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

Banjaria lies about 27 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwalia, about 9.3 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 Banjaria
Nearest railway station Sidhwalia 9.3 km
Nearest town Barauli 12 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 27 km

Villages closest to Banjaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjaria village had a population of 693. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,059 residents.

Banjaria village has 332 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjaria has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Banjaria covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjaria falls under Sidhwalia tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banjaria is Sidhwalia, about 9.3 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 Banjaria.

Banjaria is about 27 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjaria is in Sidhwalia tehsil of Gopalganj district. Sidhwalia is about 9.3 km away. Barauli is about 12 km away. Gopalganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amarpura (1.6 km), Salehpur (1.7 km) and Rampurwa (2.1 km).

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

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