About Banjhi Village

Banjhi is a mid sized village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 572, made up of 301 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Mohanpur
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	245 hectares
Population	572
Male Population	301
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjhi compares

By the 2011 count Banjhi is the 96th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 245 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Banjhi

Banjhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banjhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banjhi from other places

Banjhi lies about 120 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 8.6 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 Banjhi
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	8.6 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohanpur	35 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	120 km

Villages closest to Banjhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhi village had a population of 572. That makes it the 96th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Banjhi village has 301 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhi has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Banjhi is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhi covers 245 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjhi falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhi is Karanpurato, about 8.6 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 village for Banjhi.

Banjhi is about 120 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjhi is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Karanpurato is about 8.6 km away. Sāhibganj is about 13 km away. Mohanpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.