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About Banai Village

Banai is a mid sized village in Tamnar tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,315, made up of 651 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Tamnar
Pincode 496111
Area (hectares) 954 hectares
Population 1,315
Male Population 651
Female Population 664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banai compares

By the 2011 count Banai is the 24th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 848 residents. Its 954 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Banai

Banai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banai 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. The nearest villages by name are Badgaon, Bagbadi, Bagbuda and Bajarmuda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banai

As per the Census of India 2011, Banai village had a population of 1,315. That makes it the 24th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 848 residents.

Banai village has 651 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banai has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Banai is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banai covers 954 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banai falls under Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Banai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Banai.

Banai is in Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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