About Banpur Village

Banpur is one of the larger villages in Khaira tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,836, made up of 3,068 males and 2,768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Khaira
Pincode	811305
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	5,836
Male Population	3,068
Female Population	2,768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 10th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,663 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Banpur

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

Banpur lies about 6.8 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Chaura BH, about 3.9 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 Banpur
Nearest railway station	Chaura BH	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khaira	6.3 km
District headquarters	Jamui	6.8 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	6.8 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 5,836. That makes it the 10th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,663 residents.

Banpur village has 3,068 males and 2,768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 811305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banpur falls under Khaira tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Chaura BH, about 3.9 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 Banpur.

Banpur is about 6.8 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpur is in Khaira tehsil of Jamui district. Chaura BH is about 3.9 km away. Khaira is about 6.3 km away. Jamui is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.