About Banspahad Village

Banspahad is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 266 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banspahad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banspahad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	404.95 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	266
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banspahad compares

By the 2011 count Banspahad is the 124th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 404.95 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Banspahad

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

Banspahad lies about 46 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 6.0 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 Banspahad
Nearest railway station	Bortalao	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	16 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	46 km

Villages closest to Banspahad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahad village had a population of 506. That makes it the 124th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Banspahad village has 266 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahad has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Banspahad is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahad covers 404.95 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.

Banspahad falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banspahad is Bortalao, about 6.0 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 Banspahad.

Banspahad is about 46 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banspahad is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about 6.0 km away. Dongargarh is about 16 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.