About Banki Village

Banki is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 869, made up of 426 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banki village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	231.2 hectares
Population	869
Male Population	426
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banki compares

By the 2011 count Banki is the 82nd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 231.2 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Banki

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

Banki lies about 55 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 49 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 Banki
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	49 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	55 km

Villages closest to Banki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banki village had a population of 869. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Banki village has 426 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banki has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Banki covers 231.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banki falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banki is Belha, about 49 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banki.

Banki is about 55 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banki is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 6.9 km away. Belha is about 49 km away. Bilaspur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.