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About Banora Village

Banora is a mid sized village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 367 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares.

Banora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banora village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 428 hectares
Population 667
Male Population 367
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banora compares

By the 2011 count Banora is the 97th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Banora

Banora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banora from other places

Banora lies about 30 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Badarwas, about 27 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 Banora
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 11 km
Nearest railway station Badarwas 27 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 30 km

Villages closest to Banora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banora village had a population of 667. That makes it the 97th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Banora village has 367 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banora has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Banora covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banora falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banora is Badarwas, about 27 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banora.

Banora is about 30 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banora is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Isagarh is about 11 km away. Badarwas is about 27 km away. Ashoknagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mindpura (under 2 km), Raishri (3.1 km) and Bhonra Isagarh (3.3 km).

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

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