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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a large village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,094, made up of 1,635 males and 1,459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1186.16 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 1186.16 hectares
Population 3,094
Male Population 1,635
Female Population 1,459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
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 Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 1186.16 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Banjari

Banjari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banjari 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 Banjari from other places

Banjari lies about 61 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 30 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
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 7.9 km
Nearest town Lauri 24 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 30 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 61 km

Villages closest to Banjari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandla 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 3,094. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Banjari village has 1,635 males and 1,459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Banjari covers 1186.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjari falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Singhpur Dumra, about 30 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 Banjari.

Banjari is about 61 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 7.9 km away. Lauri is about 24 km away. Singhpur Dumra 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 Pawai (under 2 km), Ganpat Kheda (2.8 km) and Bhairahi (2.8 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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