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About Banhardi Village

Banhardi is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 543 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banhardi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhardi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargaon
Pincode 491441
Area (hectares) 360.37 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 543
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhardi compares

By the 2011 count Banhardi is the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 360.37 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Banhardi

Banhardi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banhardi 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 Banhardi from other places

Banhardi lies about 9.0 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 6.3 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 Banhardi
Nearest railway station Bakal 6.3 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 9.0 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargaon 15 km

Villages closest to Banhardi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhardi village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Banhardi village has 543 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhardi has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Banhardi is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhardi covers 360.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhardi falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banhardi is Bakal, about 6.3 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 Banhardi.

Banhardi is about 9.0 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhardi is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 6.3 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 9.0 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banbhedi (2.2 km), Rampur (2.6 km) and Jangalpur (2.7 km).

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

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