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About Banasas Village

Banasas is a mid sized village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 475 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banasas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banasas village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kunda
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 746 hectares
Population 943
Male Population 475
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banasas compares

By the 2011 count Banasas is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 746 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Banasas

The census records public bus service for Banasas as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banasas from other places

Banasas lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, 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 Banasas
Tehsil headquarters Kunda 2.9 km
District headquarters Chatra 23 km
Nearest town Chatrā 23 km
Nearest railway station Bukru 44 km

Villages closest to Banasas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banasas village had a population of 943. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Banasas village has 475 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banasas has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Banasas is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banasas covers 746 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banasas falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banasas is Bukru, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banasas.

Banasas is about 23 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banasas is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 2.9 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Chatrā 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 Besra (under 2 km), Barwa (under 2 km) and Kasilaung (1.9 km).

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

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