About Banpura Village

Banpura is one of the larger villages in Ekma tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,265, made up of 2,533 males and 2,732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505 hectares hectares.

Banpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Ekma
Area (hectares)	505 hectares
Population	5,265
Male Population	2,533
Female Population	2,732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banpura compares

By the 2011 count Banpura is the 6th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,353 residents. Its 505 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Banpura

Banpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banpura as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banpura from other places

Banpura lies about 10 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chainwa, about 2.6 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 Banpura
Nearest railway station	Chainwa	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ekma	6.5 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	9.8 km
District headquarters	Saran	10 km

Villages closest to Banpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpura village had a population of 5,265. That makes it the 6th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,353 residents.

Banpura village has 2,533 males and 2,732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpura has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Banpura covers 505 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banpura falls under Ekma tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banpura is Chainwa, about 2.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banpura.

Banpura is about 10 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpura is in Ekma tehsil of Saran district. Chainwa is about 2.6 km away. Ekma is about 6.5 km away. Mahārājgani is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.