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About Banaikera Village

Banaikera is a small village in Tonto tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 113 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banaikera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaikera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Tonto
Pincode 833215
Area (hectares) 97 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 113
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
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 Banaikera compares

By the 2011 count Banaikera is the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 821 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banaikera

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

Banaikera lies about 15 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 6.3 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 Banaikera
Nearest railway station Singhpokharia 6.3 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Tonto 12 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 15 km

Villages closest to Banaikera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaikera village had a population of 230. That makes it the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 821 residents.

Banaikera village has 113 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaikera has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Banaikera is 833215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banaikera covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banaikera falls under Tonto tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banaikera is Singhpokharia, about 6.3 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 Banaikera.

Banaikera is about 15 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banaikera is in Tonto tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 6.3 km away. Chāībāsa is about 10 km away. Tonto is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kainaw (under 2 km), Mauda (under 2 km) and Harira (1.8 km).

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

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