About Banjari Village

Banjari is a mid sized village in Dhamtari tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 927, made up of 478 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Dhamtari
Pincode	493773
Area (hectares)	254.06 hectares
Population	927
Male Population	478
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 70th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 254.06 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Banjari

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

Banjari lies about 6.7 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 4.9 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 Banjari
Nearest railway station	Sankra	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamtari	6.7 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 927. That makes it the 70th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Banjari village has 478 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Banjari is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjari covers 254.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjari falls under Dhamtari tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Sankra, about 4.9 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 village for Banjari.

Banjari is about 6.7 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Dhamtari tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sankra is about 4.9 km away. Dhamtari is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.