About Banai Village

Banai is a large village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,544, made up of 1,291 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1617 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	1617 hectares
Population	2,544
Male Population	1,291
Female Population	1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banai compares

By the 2011 count Banai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1617 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Banai

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

Banai lies about 33 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 11 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 Banai
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	10 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	11 km
District headquarters	Gumla	33 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	33 km

Villages closest to Banai

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 Banai

As per the Census of India 2011, Banai village had a population of 2,544. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Banai village has 1,291 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banai has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

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

Banai covers 1617 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banai falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banai is Bakaspur, about 11 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 Banai.

Banai is about 33 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banai is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 10 km away. Bakaspur is about 11 km away. Gumla is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.