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About Banspahari Village

Banspahari is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 107 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banspahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banspahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 814166
Area (hectares) 64.89 hectares
Population 226
Male Population 107
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
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 Banspahari compares

By the 2011 count Banspahari is the 125th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 533 residents. Its 64.89 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Banspahari

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

Banspahari lies about 138 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Banspahari
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 26 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 28 km
District headquarters Jamtara 138 km

Villages closest to Banspahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahari village had a population of 226. That makes it the 125th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 533 residents.

Banspahari village has 107 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahari has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Banspahari is 814166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahari covers 64.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banspahari falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banspahari is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Banspahari.

Banspahari is about 138 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banspahari is in Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Kalian Chak is about 22 km away. Fatehpur is about 26 km away. Sāhibganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathrabad (4.0 km), Ghaghar (6.5 km) and Dumdumi (6.9 km).

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

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