About Banksai Village

Banksai is a mid sized village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 540, made up of 275 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banksai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banksai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Saraikela
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	207.32 hectares
Population	540
Male Population	275
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banksai compares

By the 2011 count Banksai is the 47th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 207.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1006.

Getting to Banksai

Banksai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banksai as Available within 5 - 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banksai from other places

Banksai lies about 7.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 3.6 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 Banksai
Nearest railway station	Sini Junction	3.6 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraikela	8.1 km
Nearest town	Gobindpur	22 km

Villages closest to Banksai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banksai village had a population of 540. That makes it the 47th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Banksai village has 275 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banksai has about 964 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 1006.

The pincode recorded for Banksai is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banksai covers 207.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banksai falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banksai is Sini Junction, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Banksai is about 7.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banksai is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about 3.6 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 7.8 km away. Saraikela is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.