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About Banabira Village

Banabira is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,363, made up of 664 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banabira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banabira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Pincode 835227
Area (hectares) 600.07 hectares
Population 1,363
Male Population 664
Female Population 699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banabira compares

By the 2011 count Banabira is the 16th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 600.07 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Banabira

Banabira is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banabira as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banabira from other places

Banabira lies about 34 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 6.8 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 Banabira
Nearest railway station Pokla 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 9.6 km
District headquarters Khunti 34 km

Villages closest to Banabira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banabira village had a population of 1,363. That makes it the 16th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Banabira village has 664 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banabira has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Banabira is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banabira covers 600.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banabira falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banabira is Pokla, about 6.8 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 village for Banabira.

Banabira is about 34 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banabira is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Pokla is about 6.8 km away. Torpa is about 9.6 km away. Khunti is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marcha (under 2 km), Karra (under 2 km) and Jibilong (1.5 km).

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

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