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About Banghat Village

Banghat is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 291 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banghat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 124.49 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 291
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banghat compares

By the 2011 count Banghat is the 73rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 124.49 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Banghat

Banghat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banghat 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banghat from other places

Banghat 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 Banghat
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 2.9 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra Road Gorella 26 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 26 km

Villages closest to Banghat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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 Banghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Banghat village had a population of 548. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Banghat village has 291 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banghat has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Banghat is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banghat covers 124.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banghat falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banghat is Kargi Road, about 2.9 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 <5 km distance for Banghat.

Banghat 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.

Banghat is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kargi Road is about 2.9 km away. Ratanpur is about 12 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piparbahra (2.7 km), Kotariyadand (3.1 km) and Salheghori (6.5 km).

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

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