About Banpur Village

Banpur is a small village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 211 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	436
Male Population	211
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Banpur

Banpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Banpur from other places

Banpur lies about 34 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 16 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 Banpur
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	12 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	16 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	18 km
District headquarters	Gumla	34 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 436. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Banpur village has 211 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banpur falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Irgaon, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Banpur.

Banpur is about 34 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpur is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 12 km away. Irgaon is about 16 km away. Lohārdagā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.