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About Banpat Village

Banpat is a large village in Haveli tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,883, made up of 1,492 males and 1,391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpat village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Punch
Tehsil Haveli
Pincode 185101
Area (hectares) 557 hectares
Population 2,883
Male Population 1,492
Female Population 1,391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banpat compares

By the 2011 count Banpat is the 15th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 557 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Banpat

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

Banpat lies about 21 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 44 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 Banpat
District headquarters Punch 21 km
Nearest town Pūnch 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Haveli 23 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 44 km

Villages closest to Banpat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpat village had a population of 2,883. That makes it the 15th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Banpat village has 1,492 males and 1,391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpat has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Banpat is 185101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpat covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banpat falls under Haveli tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Banpat is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 44 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banpat.

Banpat is about 21 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpat is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Punch is about 21 km away. Pūnch is about 21 km away. Haveli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nabana (under 2 km), Naraian (3.7 km) and Nangli (5.1 km).

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

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