About Bansjor Village

Bansjor is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 231 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansjor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	231
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
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 Bansjor compares

By the 2011 count Bansjor is the 108th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Bansjor

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

Bansjor lies about 21 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 15 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 Bansjor
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	15 km
District headquarters	Giridih	21 km

Villages closest to Bansjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansjor village had a population of 470. That makes it the 108th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Bansjor village has 231 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansjor has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Bansjor is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bansjor covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansjor falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bansjor is Maheshmunda Junction, about 15 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 Bansjor.

Bansjor is about 21 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansjor is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 7.3 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 15 km away. Giridih is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.