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About Banna Village

Banna is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 627, made up of 311 males and 316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.46 hectares hectares.

Banna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banna village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 414.46 hectares
Population 627
Male Population 311
Female Population 316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banna compares

By the 2011 count Banna is the 138th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 414.46 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Banna

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

How far is Banna from other places

Banna lies about 45 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Samnapur, about 41 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 Banna
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 4.3 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 19 km
Nearest railway station Samnapur 41 km
District headquarters Balaghat 45 km

Villages closest to Banna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banna village had a population of 627. That makes it the 138th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Banna village has 311 males and 316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banna has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Banna covers 414.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banna falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banna is Samnapur, about 41 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banna.

Banna is about 45 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banna is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 4.3 km away. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Samnapur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (under 2 km), Bhaiswahi (1.5 km) and Pipariya (2.0 km).

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

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