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About Banjarpur Village

Banjarpur is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 268 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjarpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 495554
Area (hectares) 154.95 hectares
Population 544
Male Population 268
Female Population 276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjarpur compares

By the 2011 count Banjarpur is the 120th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 154.95 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banjarpur

Banjarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banjarpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banjarpur from other places

Banjarpur lies about 59 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 44 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 Banjarpur
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 24 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 32 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 44 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 59 km

Villages closest to Banjarpur

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

Common questions about Banjarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjarpur village had a population of 544. That makes it the 120th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Banjarpur village has 268 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjarpur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Banjarpur is 495554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjarpur covers 154.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjarpur falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banjarpur is Rasmara, about 44 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 <5 km distance for Banjarpur.

Banjarpur is about 59 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjarpur is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 24 km away. Khairāgarh is about 32 km away. Rasmara is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charbhatha (4.9 km), Daniya (5.5 km) and Chhirahidih (5.5 km).

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

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