About Banspahar Village

Banspahar is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 17 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.6 hectares hectares.

Banspahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banspahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Area (hectares)	26.6 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	17
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,235
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 Banspahar compares

By the 2011 count Banspahar is the 112th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 26.6 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Banspahar

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

Banspahar lies about 39 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 5.6 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
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	7.3 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	19 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	39 km

Villages closest to Banspahar

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 Banspahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banspahar village had a population of 38. That makes it the 112th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Banspahar village has 17 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banspahar has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Banspahar covers 26.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banspahar falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banspahar is Bakudi, about 5.6 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 Banspahar.

Banspahar is about 39 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 Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 5.6 km away. Pathna is about 7.3 km away. Rājmahal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.