About Banpur Village

Banpur is a mid sized village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,347, made up of 678 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1206.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	829202
Area (hectares)	1206.62 hectares
Population	1,347
Male Population	678
Female Population	669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
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 Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 27th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 1206.62 hectares work out to about 1.1 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Banpur

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

Banpur lies about 50 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Phulbasia, about 12 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 Banpur
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	11 km
Nearest railway station	Phulbasia	12 km
Nearest town	Churi	13 km
District headquarters	Chatra	50 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 1,347. That makes it the 27th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Banpur village has 678 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 829202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 1206.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banpur falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Phulbasia, about 12 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 Banpur.

Banpur is about 50 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpur is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Tandwa is about 11 km away. Phulbasia is about 12 km away. Churi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.