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About Banahapa Village

Banahapa is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,054, made up of 568 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banahapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banahapa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Hazaribag
Pincode 825317
Area (hectares) 268 hectares
Population 1,054
Male Population 568
Female Population 486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
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 Banahapa compares

By the 2011 count Banahapa is the 43rd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 268 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 970.

Getting to Banahapa

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

Banahapa lies about 13 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 15 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 Banahapa
Tehsil headquarters Hazaribag 13 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 13 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 13 km
Nearest railway station Hazaribag Town 15 km

Villages closest to Banahapa

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

Common questions about Banahapa

As per the Census of India 2011, Banahapa village had a population of 1,054. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Banahapa village has 568 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banahapa has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Banahapa is 825317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banahapa covers 268 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banahapa falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banahapa is Hazaribag Town, about 15 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 Banahapa.

Banahapa is about 13 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banahapa is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 13 km away. Hazaribagh is about 13 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaya (under 2 km), Lakhaiya (under 2 km) and Hutpa (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banahapa today is likely to be higher.

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