About Banspahari Village

Banspahari is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 159 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banspahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banspahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	241.63 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	159
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banspahari compares

By the 2011 count Banspahari is the 48th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 241.63 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Banspahari

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

How far is Banspahari from other places

Banspahari lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 21 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 Banspahari
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	21 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Banspahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahari village had a population of 304. That makes it the 48th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Banspahari village has 159 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahari has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Banspahari is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahari covers 241.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banspahari falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banspahari is Harinsing, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banspahari.

Banspahari is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banspahari is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 4.8 km away. Harinsing is about 21 km away. Nalhāti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.