About Banskola Village

Banskola is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 55 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Pincode	813208
Area (hectares)	18 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	55
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskola compares

By the 2011 count Banskola is the 117th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 18 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Banskola

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

Banskola lies about 46 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 15 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 Banskola
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	15 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	17 km
District headquarters	Godda	46 km

Villages closest to Banskola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskola village had a population of 112. That makes it the 117th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Banskola village has 55 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskola has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Banskola is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskola covers 18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banskola falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskola is Karamtola, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banskola.

Banskola is about 46 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskola is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 7.3 km away. Karamtola is about 15 km away. Sāhibganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.