About Banki Village

Banki is a large village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,027, made up of 971 males and 1,056 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	2342 hectares
Population	2,027
Male Population	971
Female Population	1,056
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banki compares

By the 2011 count Banki is the 5th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 2342 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1015.

Getting to Banki

Banki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banki as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banki from other places

Banki lies about 53 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Mahabuang, about 8.7 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 Banki
Nearest railway station	Mahabuang	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	11 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	40 km
District headquarters	Simdega	53 km

Villages closest to Banki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banki village had a population of 2,027. That makes it the 5th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Banki village has 971 males and 1,056 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banki has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Banki is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banki covers 2342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banki falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banki is Mahabuang, about 8.7 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 village for Banki.

Banki is about 53 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banki is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Mahabuang is about 8.7 km away. Bano is about 11 km away. Birmitrapur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.