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About Banjira Village

Banjira is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,020, made up of 504 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Sonua
Pincode 833102
Area (hectares) 160 hectares
Population 1,020
Male Population 504
Female Population 516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banjira compares

By the 2011 count Banjira is the 28th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Banjira

The census records public bus service for Banjira as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banjira from other places

Banjira lies about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum. 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 Banjira
Tehsil headquarters Sonua 2.3 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 17 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 18 km

Villages closest to Banjira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjira village had a population of 1,020. That makes it the 28th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Banjira village has 504 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjira has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Banjira is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjira covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banjira falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Banjira notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banjira.

Banjira is about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjira is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 2.3 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 17 km away. Chakradharpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balipos (under 2 km), Madang Jahir (under 2 km) and Mahisabera (under 2 km).

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

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