About Banakar Village

Banakar is a mid sized village in Baniapur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,060, made up of 520 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.51 hectares hectares.

Banakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banakar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Baniapur
Area (hectares)	78.51 hectares
Population	1,060
Male Population	520
Female Population	540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banakar compares

By the 2011 count Banakar is the 81st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,467 residents. Its 78.51 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Banakar

Banakar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banakar as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banakar from other places

Banakar lies about 8.6 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Daudpur, about 9.1 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 Banakar
Tehsil headquarters	Baniapur	8.0 km
District headquarters	Saran	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Daudpur	9.1 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	19 km

Villages closest to Banakar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banakar village had a population of 1,060. That makes it the 81st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,467 residents.

Banakar village has 520 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banakar has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Banakar covers 78.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banakar falls under Baniapur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banakar is Daudpur, about 9.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banakar.

Banakar is about 8.6 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banakar is in Baniapur tehsil of Saran district. Baniapur is about 8.0 km away. Saran is about 8.6 km away. Daudpur is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.