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About Banhardih Village

Banhardih is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 89 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,202 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banhardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhardih village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 122.38 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 89
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,202
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhardih compares

By the 2011 count Banhardih is the 211th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 122.38 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Banhardih

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

Banhardih lies about 106 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 53 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 Banhardih
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 10 km
Nearest railway station Barpali 53 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 106 km

Villages closest to Banhardih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhardih village had a population of 196. That makes it the 211th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Banhardih village has 89 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhardih has about 1202 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Banhardih is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhardih covers 122.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banhardih falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banhardih is Barpali, about 53 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 Banhardih.

Banhardih is about 106 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhardih is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Barpali is about 53 km away. Mahasamund is about 106 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paikin (1.7 km), Bhothaldih (1.9 km) and Kesratal (2.1 km).

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

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