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About Banganpal Village

Banganpal is a small village in Tokapal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 232 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banganpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banganpal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Tokapal
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 152.53 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 232
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banganpal compares

By the 2011 count Banganpal is the 51st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 152.53 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1069.

Getting to Banganpal

Banganpal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banganpal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banganpal from other places

Banganpal lies about 8.0 km from Bastar. 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 Banganpal
District headquarters Bastar 8.0 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Tokapal 19 km

Villages closest to Banganpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banganpal village had a population of 477. That makes it the 51st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Banganpal village has 232 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banganpal has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1069.

The pincode recorded for Banganpal is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banganpal covers 152.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banganpal falls under Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Banganpal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banganpal.

Banganpal is about 8.0 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banganpal is in Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district. Bastar is about 8.0 km away. Jagdalpur is about 9.2 km away. Tokapal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Metawara (3.5 km), Deurgaon (5.2 km) and Dongriguda (6.2 km).

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

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