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About Chhota Banapara Village

Chhota Banapara is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 47 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Banapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Banapara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 28 hectares
Population 89
Male Population 47
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chhota Banapara compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Banapara is the 139th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Chhota Banapara

Chhota Banapara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhota Banapara 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhota Banapara from other places

Chhota Banapara lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 8.1 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 Chhota Banapara
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 15 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 19 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 32 km

Villages closest to Chhota Banapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 Chhota Banapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Banapara village had a population of 89. That makes it the 139th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Chhota Banapara village has 47 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Banapara has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Banapara is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Banapara covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Banapara falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Banapara is Tinpahar Junction, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Chhota Banapara.

Chhota Banapara is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Banapara is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 8.1 km away. Taljhari is about 15 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.

The closest recorded villages are Banapara (under 2 km), Bara Banapara (under 2 km) and Pakia Bedo (under 2 km).

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

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