About Banjhi Village

Banjhi is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 39 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825406
Area (hectares)	83.06 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	39
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
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 Banjhi compares

By the 2011 count Banjhi is the 195th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 83.06 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Banjhi

Banjhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banjhi 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 Banjhi from other places

Banjhi lies about 72 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kharaundh, about 4.1 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 Banjhi
Nearest railway station	Kharaundh	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rajauli	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	32 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	72 km

Villages closest to Banjhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhi village had a population of 71. That makes it the 195th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Banjhi village has 39 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhi has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Banjhi is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhi covers 83.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjhi falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhi is Kharaundh, about 4.1 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 Banjhi.

Banjhi is about 72 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjhi is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kharaundh is about 4.1 km away. Rajauli is about 9.9 km away. Chauparan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.