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About Banspahar Village

Banspahar is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 39 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,359 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, 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 Borio
Pincode 816120
Area (hectares) 20 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 39
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,359
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banspahar compares

By the 2011 count Banspahar is the 171st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Banspahar

Banspahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banspahar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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
Tehsil headquarters Borio 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 22 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 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.

Common questions about Banspahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahar village had a population of 92. That makes it the 171st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Banspahar village has 39 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahar has about 1359 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Banspahar is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banspahar covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banspahar falls under Borio 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 7.5 km away. Kalian Chak is about 22 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.

The closest recorded villages are Kabdona (under 2 km), Simaljori (under 2 km) and Bedo Dade (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banspahar today is likely to be higher.

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