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About Banchatra Village

Banchatra is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 77 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banchatra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchatra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 302.27 hectares
Population 143
Male Population 77
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banchatra compares

By the 2011 count Banchatra is the 74th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 302.27 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Banchatra

Banchatra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banchatra 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banchatra from other places

Banchatra lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 25 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 Banchatra
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 15 km
District headquarters Chatra 15 km
Nearest town Chatrā 15 km
Nearest railway station Shivpur 25 km

Villages closest to Banchatra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchatra village had a population of 143. That makes it the 74th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Banchatra village has 77 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchatra has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

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

Banchatra covers 302.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banchatra falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banchatra is Shivpur, about 25 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banchatra.

Banchatra is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchatra is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 15 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karma (under 2 km), Potam (under 2 km) and Chatar (2.1 km).

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

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