About Banki Village

Banki is a mid sized village in Tonto tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 307 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Tonto
Pincode	833218
Area (hectares)	174 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	307
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banki compares

By the 2011 count Banki is the 42nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 821 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banki

Banki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banki as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banki from other places

Banki lies about 23 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, 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 Banki
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tonto	30 km

Villages closest to Banki

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.

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Common questions about Banki

As per the Census of India 2011, Banki village had a population of 589. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 821 residents.

Banki village has 307 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banki has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Banki is 833218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banki covers 174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Banki is Chakradharpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banki.

Banki is about 23 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banki is in Tonto tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 11 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 23 km away. Tonto is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.