About Banshi Banjari Village

Banshi Banjari is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 247 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshi Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshi Banjari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	279.04 hectares
Population	521
Male Population	247
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,109
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshi Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banshi Banjari is the 160th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 279.04 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1037.

Getting to Banshi Banjari

Banshi Banjari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banshi Banjari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banshi Banjari from other places

Banshi Banjari lies about 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 29 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 Banshi Banjari
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	23 km
Nearest railway station	Bakal	29 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Banshi Banjari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 Banshi Banjari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshi Banjari village had a population of 521. That makes it the 160th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Banshi Banjari village has 247 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshi Banjari has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Banshi Banjari is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshi Banjari covers 279.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banshi Banjari falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banshi Banjari is Bakal, about 29 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 village for Banshi Banjari.

Banshi Banjari is about 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banshi Banjari is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 23 km away. Bakal is about 29 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.