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About Banhardi Village

Banhardi is a large village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,051, made up of 1,018 males and 1,033 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banhardi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhardi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Chandwa
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 707 hectares
Population 2,051
Male Population 1,018
Female Population 1,033
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
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 Banhardi compares

By the 2011 count Banhardi is the 11th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 707 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Banhardi

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

Banhardi lies about 13 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chetar, about 8.6 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 Banhardi
Nearest railway station Chetar 8.6 km
District headquarters Latehar 13 km
Nearest town Lātehār 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwa 14 km

Villages closest to Banhardi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhardi village had a population of 2,051. That makes it the 11th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Banhardi village has 1,018 males and 1,033 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhardi has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Banhardi is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhardi covers 707 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhardi falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banhardi is Chetar, about 8.6 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 Banhardi.

Banhardi is about 13 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhardi is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Chetar is about 8.6 km away. Latehar is about 13 km away. Lātehār is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Renchi (2.6 km), Surli (3.0 km) and Tota (4.1 km).

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

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