About Bansjori Village

Bansjori is a large village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,529, made up of 1,220 males and 1,309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares.

Bansjori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansjori village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Sundarpahari
Area (hectares)	537 hectares
Population	2,529
Male Population	1,220
Female Population	1,309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bansjori compares

By the 2011 count Bansjori is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Bansjori

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

Bansjori lies about 41 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 16 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 Bansjori
Nearest railway station	Dhamdhamia	16 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	31 km
District headquarters	Godda	41 km

Villages closest to Bansjori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansjori village had a population of 2,529. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Bansjori village has 1,220 males and 1,309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansjori has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Bansjori covers 537 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansjori falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bansjori is Dhamdhamia, about 16 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 for Bansjori.

Bansjori is about 41 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansjori is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Dhamdhamia is about 16 km away. Rājmahal is about 27 km away. Sundarpahari is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.