About Banspahari Village

Banspahari is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 527 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, 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	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	276 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	527
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banspahari compares

By the 2011 count Banspahari is the 25th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Banspahari

Banspahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banspahari 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 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
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	21 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	34 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 Shikaripara 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 1,069. That makes it the 25th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Banspahari village has 527 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahari has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Banspahari is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahari covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banspahari falls under Shikaripara 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 village 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 Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 21 km away. Nalhāti is about 33 km away. Shikaripara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.