About Banhar Village

Banhar is a mid sized village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 242 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	224.62 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	242
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhar compares

By the 2011 count Banhar is the 92nd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 224.62 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Banhar

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

Banhar lies about 11 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 47 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 Banhar
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	11 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	29 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	47 km

Villages closest to Banhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhar village had a population of 506. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Banhar village has 242 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhar has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Banhar is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhar covers 224.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhar falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banhar is Raigarh, about 47 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 Banhar.

Banhar is about 11 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhar is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 11 km away. Saraipali is about 29 km away. Raigarh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.