About Banari Village

Banari is a large village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,331, made up of 1,238 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835231
Area (hectares)	588.04 hectares
Population	2,331
Male Population	1,238
Female Population	1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banari compares

By the 2011 count Banari is the 4th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 588.04 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Banari

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

Banari lies about 47 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Demu, about 36 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 Banari
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpur	7.2 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	35 km
Nearest railway station	Demu	36 km
District headquarters	Gumla	47 km

Villages closest to Banari

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 Banari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banari village had a population of 2,331. That makes it the 4th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Banari village has 1,238 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banari has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

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

Banari covers 588.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banari falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banari is Demu, about 36 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 10+ km distance for Banari.

Banari is about 47 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banari is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 7.2 km away. Lohārdagā is about 35 km away. Demu is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.