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About Banur Village

Banur is a mid sized village in Bhainsdehi tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 380 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 831.38 hectares hectares.

Banur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Bhainsdehi
Area (hectares) 831.38 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 380
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banur compares

By the 2011 count Banur is the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 973 residents. Its 831.38 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Banur

Banur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banur from other places

Banur lies about 67 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Achalpur, about 17 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 Banur
Nearest railway station Achalpur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhainsdehi 28 km
District headquarters Betul 67 km

Villages closest to Banur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banur village had a population of 726. That makes it the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 973 residents.

Banur village has 380 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banur has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Banur covers 831.38 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.

Banur falls under Bhainsdehi tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banur is Achalpur, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Banur.

Banur is about 67 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banur is in Bhainsdehi tehsil of Betul district. Achalpur is about 17 km away. Bhainsdehi is about 28 km away. Betul is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majari (under 2 km), Patoli (3.5 km) and Lokaldari (4.1 km).

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

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