About Banspahar Village

Banspahar is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 68 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banspahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banspahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	55.87 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	68
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 Banspahar compares

By the 2011 count Banspahar is the 125th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 55.87 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Banspahar

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

Banspahar lies about 28 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Banspahar
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	28 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	28 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	28 km

Villages closest to Banspahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahar village had a population of 135. That makes it the 125th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Banspahar village has 68 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahar has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Banspahar is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahar covers 55.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banspahar falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banspahar is Kalian Chak, about 22 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 Banspahar.

Banspahar is about 28 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banspahar is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 22 km away. Barhait is about 28 km away. Sahibganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.