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About Banjhi Kend Village

Banjhi Kend is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 91 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhi Kend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhi Kend village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Pincode 815353
Area (hectares) 85 hectares
Population 175
Male Population 91
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
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 Banjhi Kend compares

By the 2011 count Banjhi Kend is the 241st largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Banjhi Kend

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

Banjhi Kend lies about 50 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 13 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 Kend
Nearest town Jāmtāra 13 km
Nearest railway station Jamtara 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 20 km
District headquarters Deoghar 50 km

Villages closest to Banjhi Kend

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhi Kend village had a population of 175. That makes it the 241st largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Banjhi Kend village has 91 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhi Kend has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Banjhi Kend is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhi Kend covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjhi Kend falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhi Kend is Jamtara, about 13 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 Banjhi Kend.

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

Banjhi Kend is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Jāmtāra is about 13 km away. Jamtara is about 13 km away. Sarath is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dighi (1.8 km), Dighri (1.8 km) and Harladangal (2.0 km).

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

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