About Banwar Village

Banwar is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 539 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1036 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	1036 hectares
Population	1,051
Male Population	539
Female Population	512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 Banwar compares

By the 2011 count Banwar is the 16th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 1036 hectares work out to about 1.0 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Banwar

Banwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banwar 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 Banwar from other places

Banwar lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 37 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 Banwar
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	23 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	23 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	37 km

Villages closest to Banwar

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.

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Common questions about Banwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwar village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 16th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Banwar village has 539 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwar has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

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

Banwar covers 1036 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banwar falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banwar is Balumath, about 37 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 Banwar.

Banwar 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.

Banwar is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 23 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.