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About Banjhi Village

Banjhi is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,818, made up of 934 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Poreyahat
Pincode 814153
Area (hectares) 311 hectares
Population 1,818
Male Population 934
Female Population 884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjhi compares

By the 2011 count Banjhi is the 28th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 311 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Banjhi

Banjhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banjhi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baksara, Balathar, Baliya Kita and Balua. 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.

Common questions about Banjhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhi village had a population of 1,818. That makes it the 28th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Banjhi village has 934 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhi has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Banjhi is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhi covers 311 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjhi falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Banjhi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Banjhi.

Banjhi is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda 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.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banjhi today is likely to be higher.

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