About Banagutu Village

Banagutu is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,189, made up of 610 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banagutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banagutu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	558 hectares
Population	1,189
Male Population	610
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banagutu compares

By the 2011 count Banagutu is the 23rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 558 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Banagutu

Banagutu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banagutu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banagutu from other places

Banagutu lies about 31 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 14 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 Banagutu
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	14 km
District headquarters	Gumla	31 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	31 km

Villages closest to Banagutu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banagutu village had a population of 1,189. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Banagutu village has 610 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banagutu has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Banagutu is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banagutu covers 558 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banagutu falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banagutu is Pokla, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banagutu.

Banagutu is about 31 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banagutu is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 5.1 km away. Pokla is about 14 km away. Gumla is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.