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About Baniyani Village

Baniyani is a mid sized village in Bamori tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 296 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 680 hectares hectares.

Baniyani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniyani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Bamori
Area (hectares) 680 hectares
Population 555
Male Population 296
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baniyani compares

By the 2011 count Baniyani is the 111th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 680 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 936.

Getting to Baniyani

Baniyani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baniyani as Available within village. 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 Baniyani from other places

Baniyani lies about 44 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kesholi, about 25 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 Baniyani
Tehsil headquarters Bamori 18 km
Nearest railway station Kesholi 25 km
Nearest town Chhabra 27 km
District headquarters Guna 44 km

Villages closest to Baniyani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniyani village had a population of 555. That makes it the 111th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Baniyani village has 296 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniyani has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Baniyani covers 680 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baniyani falls under Bamori tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baniyani is Kesholi, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Baniyani.

Baniyani is about 44 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baniyani is in Bamori tehsil of Guna district. Bamori is about 18 km away. Kesholi is about 25 km away. Chhabra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudka (under 2 km), Tumada (2.8 km) and Chhatarpur (3.7 km).

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

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