About Banjhia Village

Banjhia is a mid sized village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 709, made up of 365 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katkamsandi
Pincode	825334
Area (hectares)	258 hectares
Population	709
Male Population	365
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjhia compares

By the 2011 count Banjhia is the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Banjhia

Banjhia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banjhia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banjhia from other places

Banjhia lies about 24 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 2.5 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 Banjhia
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	2.5 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	24 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	24 km

Villages closest to Banjhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhia village had a population of 709. That makes it the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Banjhia village has 365 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhia has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Banjhia is 825334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhia covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjhia falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhia is Katkamsandi, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banjhia.

Banjhia is about 24 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjhia is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Katkamsandi is about 2.5 km away. Hazaribagh is about 24 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.