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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a mid sized village in Anjad tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 345 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.18 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Anjad
Area (hectares) 608.18 hectares
Population 653
Male Population 345
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
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 Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 39th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents. Its 608.18 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 967.

Getting to Banjari

Banjari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banjari 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 Banjari from other places

Banjari lies about 36 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 11 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 Banjari
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 11 km
Nearest town Rajpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Anjad 20 km
District headquarters Barwani 36 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 653. That makes it the 39th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents.

Banjari village has 345 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Banjari covers 608.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Anjad tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Hathi gate station, about 11 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 Banjari.

Banjari is about 36 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Anjad tehsil of Barwani district. Hathi gate station is about 11 km away. Rajpur is about 11 km away. Anjad is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padla (1.8 km), Badgaon (5.6 km) and Sangoda (6.9 km).

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

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