About Chhota Bankau Village

Chhota Bankau is a mid sized village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 252 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Bankau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Bankau village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Khuntpani
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	202 hectares
Population	505
Male Population	252
Female Population	253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
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 Chhota Bankau compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Bankau is the 68th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chhota Bankau

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

Chhota Bankau lies about under 2 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 10 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 Chhota Bankau
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khuntpani	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	10 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	12 km

Villages closest to Chhota Bankau

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khuntpani 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 Chhota Bankau

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Bankau village had a population of 505. That makes it the 68th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Chhota Bankau village has 252 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Bankau has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Bankau is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Bankau covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Bankau falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Bankau is Lotapahar, about 10 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 Chhota Bankau.

Chhota Bankau is about under 2 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Bankau is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about under 2 km away. Khuntpani is about 9.5 km away. Lotapahar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.