About Bansokorha Village

Bansokorha is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 123 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansokorha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansokorha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	123
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
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 Bansokorha compares

By the 2011 count Bansokorha is the 163rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 Bansokorha

Bansokorha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bansokorha 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 Bansokorha from other places

Bansokorha lies about 18 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 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 Bansokorha
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	11 km
District headquarters	Giridih	18 km

Villages closest to Bansokorha

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 Bansokorha

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansokorha village had a population of 249. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Bansokorha village has 123 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansokorha has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

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

Bansokorha covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansokorha falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bansokorha is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 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 Bansokorha.

Bansokorha is about 18 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansokorha is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 3.7 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 11 km away. Giridih is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.