About Banpur Village

Banpur is a mid sized village in Kisko tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 713, made up of 354 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kisko
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	358.11 hectares
Population	713
Male Population	354
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 28th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 358.11 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banpur

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

Banpur lies about 8.7 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 8.3 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 Banpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kisko	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha	8.3 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	8.7 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	8.7 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 713. That makes it the 28th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Banpur village has 354 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 358.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banpur falls under Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 8.3 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 Banpur.

Banpur is about 8.7 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpur is in Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kisko is about 3.8 km away. Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha is about 8.3 km away. Lohardaga is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.