About Banskatiya Village

Banskatiya is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 41 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskatiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskatiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832303
Area (hectares)	96.67 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	41
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
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 Banskatiya compares

By the 2011 count Banskatiya is the 128th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 96.67 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banskatiya

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

Banskatiya lies about 16 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, about 5.1 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 Banskatiya
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Ghatsila	5.1 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	5.1 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	16 km

Villages closest to Banskatiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskatiya village had a population of 81. That makes it the 128th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Banskatiya village has 41 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskatiya has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Banskatiya is 832303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskatiya covers 96.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banskatiya falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskatiya is Ghatsila, about 5.1 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 Banskatiya.

Banskatiya is about 16 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskatiya is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghatshila is about 5.1 km away. Ghatsila is about 5.1 km away. Ghātsīla is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.