About Banahi Village

Banahi is a mid sized village in Pipra tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 679, made up of 363 males and 316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10 hectares hectares.

Banahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banahi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Pipra
Area (hectares)	10 hectares
Population	679
Male Population	363
Female Population	316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banahi compares

By the 2011 count Banahi is the 20th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 583 residents. Its 10 hectares work out to about 68 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Banahi

Banahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banahi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banahi from other places

Banahi lies about 146 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 28 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 Banahi
Nearest town	Sherghāti	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pipra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	28 km
District headquarters	Palamu	146 km

Villages closest to Banahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banahi village had a population of 679. That makes it the 20th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 583 residents.

Banahi village has 363 males and 316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banahi has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Banahi covers 10 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 68 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banahi falls under Pipra tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banahi is Guraru, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banahi.

Banahi is about 146 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banahi is in Pipra tehsil of Palamu district. Sherghāti is about 3.0 km away. Pipra is about 22 km away. Guraru is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.