About Banjpur Village

Banjpur is a large village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,328, made up of 2,226 males and 2,102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.88 hectares hectares.

Banjpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Area (hectares)	222.88 hectares
Population	4,328
Male Population	2,226
Female Population	2,102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjpur compares

By the 2011 count Banjpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 222.88 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Banjpur

Banjpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banjpur as Available. 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 Banjpur from other places

Banjpur lies about 25 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, 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 Banjpur
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	21 km
Nearest town	Colgong	24 km
District headquarters	Godda	25 km

Villages closest to Banjpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjpur village had a population of 4,328. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Banjpur village has 2,226 males and 2,102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Banjpur covers 222.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banjpur falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjpur is Ekchari, 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banjpur.

Banjpur is about 25 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjpur is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 4.4 km away. Ekchari is about 21 km away. Colgong is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.