About Banpur Village

Banpur is a mid sized village in Angara tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,578, made up of 840 males and 738 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 852.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Angara
Pincode	835103
Area (hectares)	852.11 hectares
Population	1,578
Male Population	840
Female Population	738
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 25th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 852.11 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 986.

Getting to Banpur

Banpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banpur from other places

Banpur lies about 23 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, about 4.3 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 Banpur
Nearest railway station	Gangaghat	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Angara	8.3 km
Nearest town	Būndu	20 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	23 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 1,578. That makes it the 25th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Banpur village has 840 males and 738 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 835103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 852.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banpur falls under Angara tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Gangaghat, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banpur.

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

Banpur is in Angara tehsil of Ranchi district. Gangaghat is about 4.3 km away. Angara is about 8.3 km away. Būndu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.