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About Banwara Village

Banwara is a small village in Pathalgora tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 154 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Pathalgora
Pincode 825408
Area (hectares) 104 hectares
Population 300
Male Population 154
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banwara compares

By the 2011 count Banwara is the 22nd largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banwara

Banwara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banwara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banwara from other places

Banwara lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, 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 Banwara
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathalgora 22 km
District headquarters Chatra 22 km
Nearest town Chatrā 22 km

Villages closest to Banwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwara village had a population of 300. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,051 residents.

Banwara village has 154 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwara has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Banwara covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banwara falls under Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banwara is Katkamsandi, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Banwara.

Banwara is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwara is in Pathalgora tehsil of Chatra district. Katkamsandi is about 14 km away. Pathalgora is about 22 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumi (under 2 km), Pathalgara (under 2 km) and Angara Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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