About Banhar Village

Banhar is a mid sized village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 524, made up of 254 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, 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	Raigarh
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	169.47 hectares
Population	524
Male Population	254
Female Population	270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhar compares

By the 2011 count Banhar is the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 169.47 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

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 10+ 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 Banhar from other places

Banhar lies about 10 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 3.9 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
Nearest railway station	Kirodimal Nagar	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raigarh	10 km

Villages closest to Banhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raigarh 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 524. That makes it the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Banhar village has 254 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhar has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Banhar is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhar covers 169.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhar falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banhar is Kirodimal Nagar, about 3.9 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 10+ km distance for Banhar.

Banhar is about 10 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhar is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 3.9 km away. Raigarh is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.