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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,234, made up of 603 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 447.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, 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 Kurud
Pincode 493663
Area (hectares) 447.92 hectares
Population 1,234
Male Population 603
Female Population 631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 73rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 447.92 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

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 <5 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 Banjari from other places

Banjari lies about 23 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Kurud, about 4.8 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 Kurud 4.8 km
Nearest town Nawāpāra 22 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 23 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 1,234. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Banjari village has 603 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Banjari is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjari covers 447.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjari falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Kurud, about 4.8 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 km distance for Banjari.

Banjari is about 23 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 Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Kurud is about 4.8 km away. Nawāpāra is about 22 km away. Dhamtari is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagoud (1.9 km), Bangoli (2.1 km) and Thuha (2.4 km).

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

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