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About Banshi Khairi Village

Banshi Khairi is a small village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 183 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353.22 hectares hectares.

Banshi Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshi Khairi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 353.22 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 183
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshi Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Banshi Khairi is the 91st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 353.22 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Banshi Khairi

Banshi Khairi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banshi Khairi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banshi Khairi from other places

Banshi Khairi lies about 31 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 8.1 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 Banshi Khairi
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 9.9 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 17 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 31 km

Villages closest to Banshi Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Babai 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 Banshi Khairi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshi Khairi village had a population of 360. That makes it the 91st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Banshi Khairi village has 183 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshi Khairi has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Banshi Khairi covers 353.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banshi Khairi falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banshi Khairi is Guramkhedi, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance for Banshi Khairi.

Banshi Khairi is about 31 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banshi Khairi is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Guramkhedi is about 8.1 km away. Babai is about 9.9 km away. Sohāgpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairi (under 2 km), Simrodha (under 2 km) and Shivpur (under 2 km).

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

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