About Bankati Village

Bankati is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 282 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankati village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	221 hectares
Population	518
Male Population	282
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bankati compares

By the 2011 count Bankati is the 107th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Bankati

Bankati is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankati 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankati from other places

Bankati lies about 30 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Banka, about 1.9 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 Bankati
Nearest town	Bānka	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Banka	1.9 km
District headquarters	Godda	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	34 km

Villages closest to Bankati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankati village had a population of 518. That makes it the 107th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Bankati village has 282 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankati has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Bankati covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankati falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankati is Banka, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bankati.

Bankati is about 30 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankati is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Bānka is about under 2 km away. Banka is about 1.9 km away. Godda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.