About Bankipur Village

Bankipur is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,615, made up of 837 males and 778 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.07 hectares hectares.

Bankipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Balrampur
Area (hectares)	287.07 hectares
Population	1,615
Male Population	837
Female Population	778
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bankipur compares

By the 2011 count Bankipur is the 33rd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 287.07 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Bankipur

Bankipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bankipur as Available within 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankipur from other places

Bankipur lies about 42 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Telta, about 2.1 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 Bankipur
Nearest railway station	Telta	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	12 km
Nearest town	Kasba	32 km
District headquarters	Katihar	42 km

Villages closest to Bankipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankipur village had a population of 1,615. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Bankipur village has 837 males and 778 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankipur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Bankipur covers 287.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankipur falls under Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bankipur is Telta, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bankipur.

Bankipur is about 42 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankipur is in Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district. Telta is about 2.1 km away. Balrampur is about 12 km away. Kasba is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.