About Bankatwa Village

Bankatwa is a mid sized village in Kotwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,145, made up of 615 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankatwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kotwa
Pincode	845417
Area (hectares)	15.4 hectares
Population	1,145
Male Population	615
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankatwa compares

By the 2011 count Bankatwa is the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents. Its 15.4 hectares work out to about 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Bankatwa

Bankatwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankatwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bankatwa from other places

Bankatwa lies about 11 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 12 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kotwa	7.9 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	11 km
Nearest town	Areraj	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	12 km

Villages closest to Bankatwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotwa 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 1,145. That makes it the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents.

Bankatwa village has 615 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankatwa has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Bankatwa is 845417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankatwa covers 15.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Bankatwa is Jiwdhara, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bankatwa.

Bankatwa is about 11 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 Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kotwa is about 7.9 km away. Purba Champaran is about 11 km away. Areraj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.