About Bankati Village

Bankati is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 37 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, 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	Sundarpahari
Pincode	814156
Area (hectares)	58 hectares
Population	68
Male Population	37
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
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 Bankati compares

By the 2011 count Bankati is the 163rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Bankati

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

Bankati lies about 69 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is New Farakka Junction, about 4.2 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	Farakka	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	New Farakka Junction	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	34 km
District headquarters	Godda	69 km

Villages closest to Bankati

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 Bankati

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankati village had a population of 68. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Bankati village has 37 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankati has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Bankati is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankati covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankati falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankati is New Farakka Junction, about 4.2 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 Bankati.

Bankati is about 69 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 Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Farakka is about under 2 km away. New Farakka Junction is about 4.2 km away. Sundarpahari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.