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About Banasai Village

Banasai is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 124 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banasai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banasai village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Bandgaon
Pincode 835216
Area (hectares) 89 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 124
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banasai compares

By the 2011 count Banasai is the 114th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Banasai

Banasai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banasai as Available within <5 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 Banasai from other places

Banasai lies about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 13 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 Banasai
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 13 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Bandgaon 24 km

Villages closest to Banasai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banasai village had a population of 252. That makes it the 114th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Banasai village has 124 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banasai has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Banasai is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banasai covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banasai falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banasai is Chakradharpur, about 13 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banasai.

Banasai is about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banasai is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 13 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 22 km away. Bandgaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tentaipada (under 2 km), Hurangia (2.1 km) and Nakti (2.6 km).

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

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