About Banjhikend Village

Banjhikend is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 230 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhikend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhikend village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	816101
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	487
Male Population	230
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banjhikend compares

By the 2011 count Banjhikend is the 55th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Banjhikend

Banjhikend 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 Banjhikend as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banjhikend from other places

Banjhikend lies about 43 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 2.3 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 Banjhikend
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	3.7 km
Nearest town	Farakka	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	43 km

Villages closest to Banjhikend

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhikend village had a population of 487. That makes it the 55th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Banjhikend village has 230 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhikend has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Banjhikend is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhikend covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banjhikend falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhikend is Barharwa Junction, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banjhikend.

Banjhikend is about 43 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjhikend is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Barharwa Junction is about 2.3 km away. Pathna is about 3.7 km away. Farakka is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.