About Banaras Village

Banaras is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 29 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banaras Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaras village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	8.13 hectares
Population	53
Male Population	29
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
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 Banaras compares

By the 2011 count Banaras is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 8.13 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Banaras

Banaras is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banaras 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. The nearest villages by name are Baija, Baitha, Bakula and Bamankheta. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banaras

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaras village had a population of 53. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Banaras village has 29 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaras has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Banaras is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banaras covers 8.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banaras falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Banaras notes the nearest railway station 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 Banaras.

Banaras is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.