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About Bankat Village

Bankat is a large village in Chanpatia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,413, made up of 1,766 males and 1,647 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.3 hectares hectares.

Bankat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankat village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Chanpatia
Area (hectares) 277.3 hectares
Population 3,413
Male Population 1,766
Female Population 1,647
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bankat compares

By the 2011 count Bankat is the 26th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents. Its 277.3 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Bankat

The census records public bus service for Bankat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankat from other places

Bankat lies about 9.1 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chanpatia, about under 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 Bankat
Nearest railway station Chanpatia under 2 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 9.1 km

Villages closest to Bankat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankat village had a population of 3,413. That makes it the 26th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents.

Bankat village has 1,766 males and 1,647 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankat has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Bankat covers 277.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bankat falls under Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bankat is Chanpatia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bankat.

Bankat is about 9.1 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankat is in Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chanpatia is about under 2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karampatti (under 2 km), Kaithwalia (under 2 km) and Meghia Khargauli (2.1 km).

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

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