About Banchas Village

Banchas is a mid sized village in Jaridih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,814, made up of 940 males and 874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 904 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banchas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchas village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Jaridih
Pincode	829301
Area (hectares)	904 hectares
Population	1,814
Male Population	940
Female Population	874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banchas compares

By the 2011 count Banchas is the 15th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents. Its 904 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Banchas

Banchas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banchas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banchas from other places

Banchas lies about 19 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Bokaro Steel City, about 12 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 Banchas
Nearest railway station	Bokaro Steel City	12 km
Nearest town	Phusro	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaridih	16 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	19 km

Villages closest to Banchas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchas village had a population of 1,814. That makes it the 15th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents.

Banchas village has 940 males and 874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchas has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Banchas is 829301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banchas covers 904 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banchas falls under Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banchas is Bokaro Steel City, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banchas.

Banchas is about 19 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchas is in Jaridih tehsil of Bokaro district. Bokaro Steel City is about 12 km away. Phusro is about 15 km away. Jaridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.