About Bamhani Village

Bamhani is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,373, made up of 672 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1449.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bamhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamhani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	1449.19 hectares
Population	1,373
Male Population	672
Female Population	701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamhani compares

By the 2011 count Bamhani is the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 1449.19 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Bamhani

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

Bamhani lies about 66 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Khodri, about 22 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 Bamhani
Nearest town	Pasān	19 km
Nearest railway station	Khodri	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	66 km

Villages closest to Bamhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamhani village had a population of 1,373. That makes it the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Bamhani village has 672 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamhani has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Bamhani is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bamhani covers 1449.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bamhani falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bamhani is Khodri, about 22 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 Bamhani.

Bamhani is about 66 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bamhani is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pasān is about 19 km away. Khodri is about 22 km away. Pendra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.