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About Banabel Village

Banabel is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 497 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banabel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banabel village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 287.45 hectares
Population 1,025
Male Population 497
Female Population 528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banabel compares

By the 2011 count Banabel is the 70th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 287.45 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Banabel

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

Banabel lies about 40 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belgahna, about 3.5 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 Banabel
Nearest railway station Belgahna 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 16 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 19 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 40 km

Villages closest to Banabel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banabel village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 70th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Banabel village has 497 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banabel has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Banabel is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banabel covers 287.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banabel falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banabel is Belgahna, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Banabel.

Banabel is about 40 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banabel is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belgahna is about 3.5 km away. Kota is about 16 km away. Ratanpur 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 Amamuda (under 2 km), Majhgawan (3.2 km) and Majhwani (3.2 km).

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

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