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About Banpura Village

Banpura is a small village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 181 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.52 hectares hectares.

Banpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 309.52 hectares
Population 325
Male Population 181
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 796
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banpura compares

By the 2011 count Banpura is the 124th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 309.52 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 878.

Getting to Banpura

Banpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banpura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banpura from other places

Banpura lies about 13 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 14 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 Banpura
Nearest town Nowgong 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 14 km

Villages closest to Banpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpura village had a population of 325. That makes it the 124th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Banpura village has 181 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpura has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Banpura covers 309.52 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.

Banpura falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banpura is Ishanagar, about 14 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 village for Banpura.

Banpura is about 13 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpura is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 12 km away. Chhatarpur is about 13 km away. Ishanagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharka (under 2 km), Dudari (under 2 km) and Dilapur (1.8 km).

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

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