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About Banranka Village

Banranka is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 842 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banranka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banranka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Thanakhamria
Pincode 492101
Area (hectares) 517.45 hectares
Population 1,671
Male Population 842
Female Population 829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banranka compares

By the 2011 count Banranka is the 6th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 517.45 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banranka

Banranka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banranka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Agri, Akola, Bamhni and Baniyadih. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banranka

As per the Census of India 2011, Banranka village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 6th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Banranka village has 842 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banranka has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Banranka is 492101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banranka covers 517.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banranka falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Banranka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banranka.

Banranka is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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