About Banchapai Village

Banchapai is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,169, made up of 572 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 961.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banchapai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchapai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	961.46 hectares
Population	1,169
Male Population	572
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banchapai compares

By the 2011 count Banchapai is the 23rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 961.46 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Banchapai

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

Banchapai lies about 72 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 57 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 Banchapai
Nearest town	Kondagaon	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	22 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	57 km
District headquarters	Bastar	72 km

Villages closest to Banchapai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchapai village had a population of 1,169. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Banchapai village has 572 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchapai has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Banchapai is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banchapai covers 961.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banchapai falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banchapai is Antagarh, about 57 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 Banchapai.

Banchapai is about 72 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchapai is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 21 km away. Farasgaon is about 22 km away. Antagarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.