About Banshapur Village

Banshapur is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 770, made up of 375 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	287.71 hectares
Population	770
Male Population	375
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshapur compares

By the 2011 count Banshapur is the 99th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 287.71 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Banshapur

Banshapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banshapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Banshapur from other places

Banshapur lies about 76 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 43 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 Banshapur
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	14 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	43 km
District headquarters	Durg	76 km

Villages closest to Banshapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshapur village had a population of 770. That makes it the 99th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Banshapur village has 375 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshapur has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Banshapur is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshapur covers 287.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banshapur falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banshapur is Hathbandh, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Banshapur.

Banshapur is about 76 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banshapur is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 14 km away. Bemetāra is about 14 km away. Hathbandh is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.