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About Banwari Chak Village

Banwari Chak is a small village in Sonepur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 10 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Banwari Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwari Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Sonepur
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 10
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Banwari Chak compares

By the 2011 count Banwari Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Banwari Chak

Banwari Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banwari Chak 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 Banwari Chak from other places

Banwari Chak lies about 59 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Nayagaon, about 4.4 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 Banwari Chak
Nearest railway station Nayagaon 4.4 km
Nearest town Dighwāra 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonepur 8.9 km
District headquarters Saran 59 km

Villages closest to Banwari Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonepur 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 Banwari Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwari Chak village had a population of 20. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents.

Banwari Chak village has 10 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwari Chak has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Banwari Chak covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banwari Chak falls under Sonepur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banwari Chak is Nayagaon, about 4.4 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 Banwari Chak.

Banwari Chak is about 59 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwari Chak is in Sonepur tehsil of Saran district. Nayagaon is about 4.4 km away. Dighwāra is about 7.7 km away. Sonepur is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sighinpur (under 2 km), Bariar Chak (under 2 km) and Naudiha (under 2 km).

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

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