About Banskola Village

Banskola is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 29 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 724 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	80 hectares
Population	50
Male Population	29
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	724
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 Banskola compares

By the 2011 count Banskola is the 216th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1022.

Getting to Banskola

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

Banskola lies about 17 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 15 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 Banskola
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	12 km
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	17 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	17 km

Villages closest to Banskola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskola village had a population of 50. That makes it the 216th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Banskola village has 29 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskola has about 724 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Banskola is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskola covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banskola falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskola is Karamtola, about 15 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 Banskola.

Banskola is about 17 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskola is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 12 km away. Karamtola is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.