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About Banari Village

Banari is a large village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,248, made up of 2,174 males and 2,074 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 958.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Janjgir
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 958.49 hectares
Population 4,248
Male Population 2,174
Female Population 2,074
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banari compares

By the 2011 count Banari is the 7th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 958.49 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 984.

Getting to Banari

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

Banari lies about 5.6 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 3.4 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 Banari
Nearest railway station Janjgir Naila 3.4 km
Nearest town Nailā 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Janjgir 4.3 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 5.6 km

Villages closest to Banari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banari village had a population of 4,248. That makes it the 7th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Banari village has 2,174 males and 2,074 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banari has about 954 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 984.

The pincode recorded for Banari is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banari covers 958.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banari falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banari is Janjgir Naila, about 3.4 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 Banari.

Banari is about 5.6 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banari is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Naila is about 3.4 km away. Nailā is about 3.4 km away. Janjgir is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hathitikra (2.4 km), Putpura (3.0 km) and Bodsara (3.0 km).

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

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