About Bankharo Village

Bankharo is a mid sized village in Bishungarh tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,696, made up of 857 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankharo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankharo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Bishungarh
Pincode	825312
Area (hectares)	432.91 hectares
Population	1,696
Male Population	857
Female Population	839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankharo compares

By the 2011 count Bankharo is the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 432.91 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Bankharo

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

Bankharo lies about 50 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gumia, about 17 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 Bankharo
Tehsil headquarters	Bishungarh	12 km
Nearest railway station	Gumia	17 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	50 km

Villages closest to Bankharo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankharo village had a population of 1,696. That makes it the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Bankharo village has 857 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankharo has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Bankharo is 825312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankharo covers 432.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankharo falls under Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankharo is Gumia, about 17 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 Bankharo.

Bankharo is about 50 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankharo is in Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bishungarh is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 17 km away. Hazaribagh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.