About Banthu Village

Banthu is a mid sized village in Itkhori tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 298 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banthu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banthu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Itkhori
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	68.3 hectares
Population	597
Male Population	298
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banthu compares

By the 2011 count Banthu is the 35th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 558 residents. Its 68.3 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Banthu

Banthu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banthu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banthu from other places

Banthu lies about 33 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 19 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 Banthu
Tehsil headquarters	Itkhori	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	19 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	24 km
District headquarters	Chatra	33 km

Villages closest to Banthu

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 Banthu

As per the Census of India 2011, Banthu village had a population of 597. That makes it the 35th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 558 residents.

Banthu village has 298 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banthu has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Banthu covers 68.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banthu falls under Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banthu is Kathautia, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Banthu.

Banthu is about 33 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banthu is in Itkhori tehsil of Chatra district. Itkhori is about 4.6 km away. Kathautia is about 19 km away. Bagaha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.