About Bankat Village

Bankat is a large village in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,777, made up of 2,019 males and 1,758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348 hectares hectares.

Bankat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankat village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Motihari
Area (hectares)	348 hectares
Population	3,777
Male Population	2,019
Female Population	1,758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bankat compares

By the 2011 count Bankat is the 22nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 348 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Bankat

Bankat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankat as Available within village. 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 Bankat from other places

Bankat lies about 9.7 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Motihari Court, about 2.3 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	Motihari Court	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Motihari	4.3 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	4.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	9.7 km

Villages closest to Bankat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankat village had a population of 3,777. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Bankat village has 2,019 males and 1,758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankat has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Bankat covers 348 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bankat falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bankat is Motihari Court, about 2.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bankat.

Bankat is about 9.7 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankat is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Motihari Court is about 2.3 km away. Motihari is about 4.3 km away. Mothīhāri is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.