About Bankatwa Village

Bankatwa is a large village in Bankatwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,963, made up of 2,611 males and 2,352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.3 hectares hectares.

Bankatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankatwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Bankatwa
Area (hectares)	419.3 hectares
Population	4,963
Male Population	2,611
Female Population	2,352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bankatwa compares

By the 2011 count Bankatwa is the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents. Its 419.3 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Bankatwa

Bankatwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bankatwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bankatwa from other places

Bankatwa lies about 53 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Rameshwar Nagar, about 9.8 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 Bankatwa
Nearest railway station	Rameshwar Nagar	9.8 km
Nearest town	Chanpatia	12 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	53 km

Villages closest to Bankatwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankatwa village had a population of 4,963. That makes it the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents.

Bankatwa village has 2,611 males and 2,352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankatwa has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Bankatwa covers 419.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bankatwa falls under Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bankatwa is Rameshwar Nagar, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bankatwa.

Bankatwa is about 53 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankatwa is in Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Rameshwar Nagar is about 9.8 km away. Chanpatia is about 12 km away. Purba Champaran is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.