About Banidanga Village

Banidanga is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 257 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares.

Banidanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banidanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barharwa
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	526
Male Population	257
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Banidanga compares

By the 2011 count Banidanga is the 75th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Banidanga

Banidanga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banidanga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banidanga from other places

Banidanga lies about 49 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bonidanga, about under 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 Banidanga
Nearest railway station	Bonidanga	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barharwa	4.3 km
Nearest town	Farakka	9.1 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	49 km

Villages closest to Banidanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banidanga village had a population of 526. That makes it the 75th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Banidanga village has 257 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banidanga has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Banidanga covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banidanga falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banidanga is Bonidanga, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Banidanga is about 49 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banidanga is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bonidanga is about under 2 km away. Barharwa is about 4.3 km away. Farakka is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.