About Banajang Village

Banajang is a small village in Itkhori tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 142 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banajang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banajang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Itkhori
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	54 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	142
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banajang compares

By the 2011 count Banajang is the 67th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 558 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Banajang

Banajang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banajang as Available within 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 Banajang from other places

Banajang lies about 34 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 14 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 Banajang
Tehsil headquarters	Itkhori	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	14 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	29 km
District headquarters	Chatra	34 km

Villages closest to Banajang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banajang village had a population of 306. That makes it the 67th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 558 residents.

Banajang village has 142 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banajang has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Banajang is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banajang covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banajang falls under Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banajang is Kathautia, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banajang.

Banajang is about 34 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banajang is in Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district. Itkhori is about 3.5 km away. Kathautia is about 14 km away. Bagaha is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.