About Banjari Village

Banjari is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 96 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	277.31 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	96
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 158th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 277.31 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Banjari

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

Banjari lies about 46 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Darekasa, about 4.9 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 Banjari
Nearest railway station	Darekasa	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	16 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	46 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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 Banjari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 194. That makes it the 158th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Banjari village has 96 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Banjari is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjari covers 277.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Darekasa, about 4.9 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 Banjari.

Banjari 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.

Banjari is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Darekasa is about 4.9 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.