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About Banspahari Village

Banspahari is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 361 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, 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 Narayanpur
Pincode 815351
Area (hectares) 172.45 hectares
Population 696
Male Population 361
Female Population 335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banspahari compares

By the 2011 count Banspahari is the 70th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 172.45 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Banspahari

Banspahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banspahari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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
Nearest town Sāhibganj 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 33 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 Narayanpur 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 696. That makes it the 70th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Banspahari village has 361 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahari has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Banspahari is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahari covers 172.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banspahari falls under Narayanpur 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Kalian Chak is about 22 km away. Sāhibganj is about 28 km away. Narayanpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saharjori (2.1 km), Piplatanr (4.7 km) and Pokhariya (7.0 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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