About Banskot Village

Banskot is a large village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,886, made up of 1,936 males and 1,950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2094.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	2094.95 hectares
Population	3,886
Male Population	1,936
Female Population	1,950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskot compares

By the 2011 count Banskot is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 2094.95 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Banskot

Banskot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banskot as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banskot from other places

Banskot lies about 89 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 74 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 Banskot
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	9.6 km
Nearest town	Kānker	47 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	74 km
District headquarters	Bastar	89 km

Villages closest to Banskot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Banskot

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskot village had a population of 3,886. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Banskot village has 1,936 males and 1,950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskot has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Banskot is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskot covers 2094.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banskot falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banskot is Antagarh, about 74 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Banskot.

Banskot is about 89 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskot is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 9.6 km away. Kānker is about 47 km away. Antagarh is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.