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About Banrasia Village

Banrasia is a large village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,585, made up of 1,294 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.4 hectares hectares.

Banrasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banrasia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sasaram
Area (hectares) 55.4 hectares
Population 2,585
Male Population 1,294
Female Population 1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 998
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banrasia compares

By the 2011 count Banrasia is the 26th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 55.4 hectares work out to about 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Banrasia

Banrasia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banrasia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banrasia from other places

Banrasia lies about 36 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sasaram Junction, about 3.6 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 Banrasia
Tehsil headquarters Sasaram 3.3 km
Nearest town Sasarām 3.3 km
Nearest railway station Sasaram Junction 3.6 km
District headquarters Rohtas 36 km

Villages closest to Banrasia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banrasia village had a population of 2,585. That makes it the 26th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Banrasia village has 1,294 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banrasia has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Banrasia covers 55.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banrasia falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banrasia is Sasaram Junction, about 3.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banrasia.

Banrasia is about 36 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banrasia is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Sasaram is about 3.3 km away. Sasarām is about 3.3 km away. Sasaram Junction is about 3.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belthua (under 2 km), Beda (under 2 km) and Belarhi (under 2 km).

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

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