About Bankheta Village

Bankheta is a small village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 66 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankheta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankheta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	119.1 hectares
Population	143
Male Population	66
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankheta compares

By the 2011 count Bankheta is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 119.1 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 989.

Getting to Bankheta

Bankheta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankheta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bankheta from other places

Bankheta lies about 28 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 24 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 Bankheta
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	24 km
District headquarters	Surguja	28 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	28 km

Villages closest to Bankheta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankheta village had a population of 143. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Bankheta village has 66 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankheta has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Bankheta is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankheta covers 119.1 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.

Bankheta falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bankheta is Bishrampur, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bankheta.

Bankheta is about 28 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankheta is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 6.5 km away. Bishrampur is about 24 km away. Surguja is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.