About Bankipur Village

Bankipur is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 47 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bankipur compares

By the 2011 count Bankipur is the 189th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 59.34 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Bankipur

Bankipur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bankipur as Available within <5 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankipur from other places

Bankipur lies about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 31 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.

Villages closest to Bankipur

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

• Jamda 9.2 km
• Baredih 12 km
• Ichahatu 17 km
• Kuituka 20 km
• Baliadih 20 km
• Jahiradih 21 km

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.