About Banalat Village

Banalat is a mid sized village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 589 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 659.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banalat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banalat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835231
Area (hectares)	659.42 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	589
Female Population	567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banalat compares

By the 2011 count Banalat is the 17th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 659.42 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 985.

Getting to Banalat

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

Banalat lies about 54 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Demu, about 26 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 Banalat
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Demu	26 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	54 km

Villages closest to Banalat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banalat village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 17th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Banalat village has 589 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banalat has about 963 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 985.

The pincode recorded for Banalat is 835231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banalat covers 659.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banalat falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banalat is Demu, about 26 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 village for Banalat.

Banalat is about 54 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banalat is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 15 km away. Demu is about 26 km away. Lātehār is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.