About Banshapur Village

Banshapur is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 255 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	123.97 hectares
Population	509
Male Population	255
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshapur compares

By the 2011 count Banshapur is the 189th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 123.97 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Banshapur

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

Banshapur lies about 59 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 46 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 Banshapur
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	15 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	46 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	59 km

Villages closest to Banshapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshapur village had a population of 509. That makes it the 189th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Banshapur village has 255 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshapur has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Banshapur is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshapur covers 123.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banshapur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banshapur is Kargi Road, about 46 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 Banshapur.

Banshapur is about 59 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banshapur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 15 km away. Mungeli is about 16 km away. Kargi Road is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.