About Banskuli Village

Banskuli is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,113, made up of 570 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskuli village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	1,113
Male Population	570
Female Population	543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Banskuli compares

By the 2011 count Banskuli is the 17th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Banskuli

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

Banskuli lies about 24 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, about 19 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 Banskuli
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	24 km
District headquarters	Dumka	24 km

Villages closest to Banskuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskuli village had a population of 1,113. That makes it the 17th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Banskuli village has 570 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskuli has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Banskuli is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskuli covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskuli falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskuli is Barmasia, about 19 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 Banskuli.

Banskuli is about 24 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskuli is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 19 km away. Ranishwar is about 24 km away. Dumka is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.