About Banbhag Village

Banbhag is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,293, made up of 687 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares.

Banbhag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banbhag village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Amour
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	1,293
Male Population	687
Female Population	606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banbhag compares

By the 2011 count Banbhag is the 82nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Banbhag

Banbhag is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banbhag 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banbhag from other places

Banbhag lies about 33 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 11 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 Banbhag
Tehsil headquarters	Amour	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	11 km
Nearest town	Kasba	23 km
District headquarters	Purnia	33 km

Villages closest to Banbhag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banbhag village had a population of 1,293. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Banbhag village has 687 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banbhag has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Banbhag covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banbhag falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banbhag is Surja Kama, about 11 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 village for Banbhag.

Banbhag is about 33 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banbhag is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Amour is about 2.2 km away. Surja Kama is about 11 km away. Kasba is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.