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About Banskodi Village

Banskodi is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 169 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskodi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Mandro
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 53 hectares
Population 351
Male Population 169
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskodi compares

By the 2011 count Banskodi is the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banskodi

Banskodi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banskodi as Available within 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 Banskodi from other places

Banskodi lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 11 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 Banskodi
Tehsil headquarters Mandro 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Mirza Cheuki Railway Station 11 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 16 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 16 km

Villages closest to Banskodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskodi village had a population of 351. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Banskodi village has 169 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskodi has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Banskodi covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banskodi falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskodi is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banskodi.

Banskodi is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskodi is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 2.3 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 11 km away. Sahibganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bochahi (under 2 km), Rangukita (under 2 km) and Titibahiar (under 2 km).

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

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