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About Banapura Village

Banapura is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 423 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1301.53 hectares hectares.

Banapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banapura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 1301.53 hectares
Population 803
Male Population 423
Female Population 380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Banapura compares

By the 2011 count Banapura is the 76th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 1301.53 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Banapura

Banapura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banapura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banapura from other places

Banapura lies about 40 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Banapura, about under 2 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 Banapura
Nearest railway station Banapura under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 2.5 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 2.5 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 40 km

Villages closest to Banapura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Banapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Banapura village had a population of 803. That makes it the 76th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Banapura village has 423 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banapura has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Banapura covers 1301.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banapura falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banapura is Banapura, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banapura.

Banapura is about 40 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banapura is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Banapura is about under 2 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 2.5 km away. Seoni Mālwa is about 2.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chatarkheda (1.7 km), Barakhad Kalan (1.8 km) and Barakhad Khurd (2.0 km).

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

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