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About Banchhora Village

Banchhora is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 712 males and 687 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549.73 hectares hectares.

Banchhora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchhora village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Nowgong
Area (hectares) 549.73 hectares
Population 1,399
Male Population 712
Female Population 687
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
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 Banchhora compares

By the 2011 count Banchhora is the 27th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 549.73 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Banchhora

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

Banchhora lies about 26 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 18 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 Banchhora
Tehsil headquarters Nowgong 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 18 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 26 km

Villages closest to Banchhora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchhora village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 27th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Banchhora village has 712 males and 687 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchhora has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Banchhora covers 549.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banchhora falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banchhora is Ishanagar, about 18 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 Banchhora.

Banchhora is about 26 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchhora is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 9.6 km away. Ishanagar is about 18 km away. Chhatarpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpura (2.3 km), Macha (2.8 km) and Pali (3.1 km).

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

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