About Banwar Village

Banwar is a large village in Chinour tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,209, made up of 2,288 males and 1,921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1766.26 hectares hectares.

Banwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Chinour
Area (hectares)	1766.26 hectares
Population	4,209
Male Population	2,288
Female Population	1,921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banwar compares

By the 2011 count Banwar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 1766.26 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Banwar

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

Banwar lies about 25 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Panihar, about 10 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 Banwar
Nearest railway station	Panihar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chinour	25 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	25 km

Villages closest to Banwar

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

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Common questions about Banwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwar village had a population of 4,209. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Banwar village has 2,288 males and 1,921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwar has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Banwar covers 1766.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banwar falls under Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banwar is Panihar, about 10 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 village for Banwar.

Banwar is about 25 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwar is in Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district. Panihar is about 10 km away. Chinour is about 25 km away. Gwalior is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.