About Banumurha Village

Banumurha is a small village in Markacho tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 249 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banumurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banumurha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Kodarma
Tehsil	Markacho
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	584 hectares
Population	464
Male Population	249
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banumurha compares

By the 2011 count Banumurha is the 59th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 584 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Banumurha

Banumurha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banumurha 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 Banumurha from other places

Banumurha lies about 23 km from Markacho, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 14 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 Banumurha
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Markacho	23 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	27 km

Villages closest to Banumurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banumurha village had a population of 464. That makes it the 59th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Banumurha village has 249 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banumurha has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Banumurha is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banumurha covers 584 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banumurha falls under Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banumurha is Nawadih, about 14 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 Banumurha.

Banumurha is about 23 km from Markacho in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banumurha is in Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district. Nawadih is about 14 km away. Markacho is about 23 km away. Kodarma is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.