About Bancholha Village

Bancholha is a mid sized village in Ghailarh tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,883, made up of 1,000 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Bancholha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bancholha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Ghailarh
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	1,883
Male Population	1,000
Female Population	883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bancholha compares

By the 2011 count Bancholha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,424 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Bancholha

Bancholha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bancholha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bancholha from other places

Bancholha lies about 11 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Baijnathpur, about 4.5 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 Bancholha
Nearest railway station	Baijnathpur	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghailarh	5.4 km
Nearest town	Saharsa	11 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	11 km

Villages closest to Bancholha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bancholha village had a population of 1,883. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,424 residents.

Bancholha village has 1,000 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bancholha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Bancholha covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bancholha falls under Ghailarh tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bancholha is Baijnathpur, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bancholha.

Bancholha is about 11 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bancholha is in Ghailarh tehsil of Madhepura district. Baijnathpur is about 4.5 km away. Ghailarh is about 5.4 km away. Saharsa is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.