About Bankakera Village

Bankakera is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 332 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankakera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankakera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	656
Male Population	332
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankakera compares

By the 2011 count Bankakera is the 41st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 2.0 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Bankakera

Bankakera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankakera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bankakera from other places

Bankakera lies about 48 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 9.2 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 Bankakera
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	9.2 km
Nearest town	Khunti	33 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	48 km

Villages closest to Bankakera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankakera village had a population of 656. That makes it the 41st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Bankakera village has 332 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankakera has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Bankakera is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankakera covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankakera falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bankakera is Bakaspur, about 9.2 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 village for Bankakera.

Bankakera is about 48 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankakera is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 4.6 km away. Bakaspur is about 9.2 km away. Khunti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.