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About Bankighat Village

Bankighat is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 352 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankighat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 150.92 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 352
Female Population 374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bankighat compares

By the 2011 count Bankighat is the 99th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 150.92 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Bankighat

Bankighat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bankighat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankighat from other places

Bankighat lies about 26 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 2.9 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 Bankighat
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 3.1 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 12 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 26 km

Villages closest to Bankighat

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 Bankighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankighat village had a population of 726. That makes it the 99th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Bankighat village has 352 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankighat 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 Bankighat is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankighat covers 150.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankighat falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bankighat is Kargi Road, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bankighat.

Bankighat is about 26 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankighat is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kargi Road is about 2.9 km away. Kota is about 3.1 km away. Ratanpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umarmara (1.9 km), Khurdur (2.4 km) and Amali (2.5 km).

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

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