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About Banarsipur Village

Banarsipur is a small village in Mahua tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 254 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares.

Banarsipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banarsipur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Mahua
Area (hectares) 28 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 254
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banarsipur compares

By the 2011 count Banarsipur is the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Banarsipur

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

How far is Banarsipur from other places

Banarsipur lies about 42 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Desari, about 13 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 Banarsipur
Tehsil headquarters Mahua 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Desari 13 km
Nearest town Mahnar Bazar 20 km
District headquarters Vaishali 42 km

Villages closest to Banarsipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banarsipur village had a population of 462. That makes it the 106th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Banarsipur village has 254 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banarsipur has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Banarsipur covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banarsipur falls under Mahua tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banarsipur is Desari, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banarsipur.

Banarsipur is about 42 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banarsipur is in Mahua tehsil of Vaishali district. Mahua is about 4.9 km away. Desari is about 13 km away. Mahnar Bazar 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 Rasulpur Bhagwan (under 2 km), Maksudpur Taj (under 2 km) and Mohammadpur Narangi (under 2 km).

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

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