About Banhara Village

Banhara is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 529 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	834006
Area (hectares)	241.96 hectares
Population	1,086
Male Population	529
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhara compares

By the 2011 count Banhara is the 65th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 241.96 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Banhara

Banhara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banhara as Available within 5 - 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 Banhara from other places

Banhara lies about 16 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 3.4 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 Banhara
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	6.1 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	16 km

Villages closest to Banhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhara village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 65th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Banhara village has 529 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhara has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Banhara is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banhara covers 241.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhara falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banhara is Hundur Halt, about 3.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banhara.

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

Banhara is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Hundur Halt is about 3.4 km away. Kanke is about 6.1 km away. Ranchi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.