About Banhar Village

Banhar is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 541, made up of 280 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, 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	Sarangarh
Pincode	496445
Area (hectares)	130.18 hectares
Population	541
Male Population	280
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
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 138th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 130.18 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

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 Sarangarh, 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	Sarangarh	10 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 Sarangarh 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 541. That makes it the 138th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Banhar village has 280 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhar has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Banhar is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhar covers 130.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhar falls under Sarangarh 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 10+ km distance for Banhar.

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

Banhar is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 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.