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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 288 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491665, 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 Mohla
Pincode 491665
Area (hectares) 432.07 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 288
Female Population 302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
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 46th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 432.07 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

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 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhainsbod, about 22 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 Bhainsbod 22 km
Nearest town Balod 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohla 32 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 32 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 590. That makes it the 46th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Banjari village has 288 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Banjari is 491665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjari covers 432.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Bhainsbod, about 22 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 32 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 Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bhainsbod is about 22 km away. Balod is about 28 km away. Mohla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhalapur (1.6 km), Dugatola (2.3 km) and Urwahi (6.9 km).

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

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