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About Banipali Village

Banipali is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 928, made up of 453 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banipali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banipali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 493554
Area (hectares) 292.21 hectares
Population 928
Male Population 453
Female Population 475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banipali compares

By the 2011 count Banipali is the 57th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 292.21 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Banipali

Banipali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banipali 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banipali from other places

Banipali lies about 87 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 57 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 Banipali
Tehsil headquarters Basna 9.0 km
Nearest town Saraipali 11 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 57 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 87 km

Villages closest to Banipali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banipali village had a population of 928. That makes it the 57th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Banipali village has 453 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banipali has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Banipali is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banipali covers 292.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banipali falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banipali is Komakhan railway station, about 57 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 <5 km distance for Banipali.

Banipali is about 87 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banipali is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 9.0 km away. Saraipali is about 11 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gidhli (1.6 km), Kharora (1.7 km) and Gudhiyari (2.0 km).

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

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