About Baniyagaon Village

Baniyagaon is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 339 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baniyagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniyagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	386.18 hectares
Population	681
Male Population	339
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baniyagaon compares

By the 2011 count Baniyagaon is the 39th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 386.18 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Baniyagaon

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

Baniyagaon lies about 98 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 39 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 Baniyagaon
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	15 km
Nearest town	Kānker	32 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	39 km
District headquarters	Bastar	98 km

Villages closest to Baniyagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniyagaon village had a population of 681. That makes it the 39th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Baniyagaon village has 339 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniyagaon has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Baniyagaon is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baniyagaon covers 386.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baniyagaon falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baniyagaon is Antagarh, about 39 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 Baniyagaon.

Baniyagaon is about 98 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baniyagaon is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 15 km away. Kānker is about 32 km away. Antagarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.