About Banskata Village

Banskata is a small village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 120 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Sonua
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	113.66 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	120
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskata compares

By the 2011 count Banskata is the 86th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 113.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Banskata

Banskata is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banskata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banskata from other places

Banskata lies about 28 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Tunia, about 11 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 Banskata
Tehsil headquarters	Sonua	10 km
Nearest railway station	Tunia	11 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	27 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	28 km

Villages closest to Banskata

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.

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Common questions about Banskata

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskata village had a population of 223. That makes it the 86th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Banskata village has 120 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskata has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Banskata is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskata covers 113.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Banskata is Tunia, about 11 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 village for Banskata.

Banskata is about 28 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskata is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 10 km away. Tunia is about 11 km away. Chakradharpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.