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About Banhar Village

Banhar is a mid sized village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,121, made up of 542 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 943.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496665, 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 Udaipur
Pincode 496665
Area (hectares) 943.62 hectares
Population 1,121
Male Population 542
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhar compares

By the 2011 count Banhar is the 61st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 943.62 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1010.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Balakpondi, Balpeda, Bandhanpur and Bandhapali. 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 Banhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhar village had a population of 1,121. That makes it the 61st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Banhar village has 542 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhar has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Banhar is 496665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhar covers 943.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banhar falls under Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Banhar 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banhar.

Banhar is in Udaipur 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 Banhar today is likely to be higher.

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