About Banskola Village

Banskola is a mid sized village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 368 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816119, 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	Pathna
Pincode	816119
Area (hectares)	159.49 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	368
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
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 39th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 159.49 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

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 50 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, 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 Banskola
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	11 km
Nearest town	Farakka	21 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	50 km

Villages closest to Banskola

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 Banskola

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskola village had a population of 722. That makes it the 39th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Banskola village has 368 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskola has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Banskola is 816119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskola covers 159.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskola falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banskola is Barharwa Junction, 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 10+ km distance for Banskola.

Banskola is about 50 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 Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 8.9 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 11 km away. Farakka is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.