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About Banganwan Village

Banganwan is a mid sized village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 524 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.3 hectares hectares.

Banganwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banganwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saharsa
Tehsil Salkhua
Area (hectares) 322.3 hectares
Population 1,033
Male Population 524
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banganwan compares

By the 2011 count Banganwan is the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 322.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Banganwan

The census records public bus service for Banganwan as Available within <5 km distance. 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banganwan from other places

Banganwan lies about 24 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Koparia, about 3.9 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 Banganwan
Nearest railway station Koparia 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Salkhua 4.2 km
Nearest town Khagaria 20 km
District headquarters Saharsa 24 km

Villages closest to Banganwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banganwan village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Banganwan village has 524 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banganwan has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Banganwan covers 322.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banganwan falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banganwan is Koparia, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banganwan.

Banganwan is about 24 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banganwan is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Koparia is about 3.9 km away. Salkhua is about 4.2 km away. Khagaria is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamra (2.4 km), Kotwalia (2.4 km) and Utesra (2.6 km).

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

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