About Banskandri Village

Banskandri is a large village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,250, made up of 1,605 males and 1,645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskandri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskandri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816107
Area (hectares)	565 hectares
Population	3,250
Male Population	1,605
Female Population	1,645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banskandri compares

By the 2011 count Banskandri is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 565 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Banskandri

Banskandri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banskandri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banskandri from other places

Banskandri lies about 26 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 25 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 Banskandri
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	25 km
District headquarters	Pakur	26 km

Villages closest to Banskandri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskandri village had a population of 3,250. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Banskandri village has 1,605 males and 1,645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskandri has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Banskandri is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskandri covers 565 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskandri falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskandri is Banshlai Bridge, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banskandri.

Banskandri is about 26 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskandri is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 16 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 25 km away. Pakur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.