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About Banskhapa Village

Banskhapa is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,317, made up of 703 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.39 hectares hectares.

Banskhapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskhapa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 559.39 hectares
Population 1,317
Male Population 703
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banskhapa compares

By the 2011 count Banskhapa is the 14th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 559.39 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 904.

Getting to Banskhapa

Banskhapa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banskhapa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banskhapa from other places

Banskhapa lies about 45 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Sohagpur, about 3.5 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 Banskhapa
Nearest railway station Sohagpur 3.5 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 3.8 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 45 km

Villages closest to Banskhapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskhapa village had a population of 1,317. That makes it the 14th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Banskhapa village has 703 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskhapa has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Banskhapa covers 559.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskhapa falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banskhapa is Sohagpur, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Banskhapa.

Banskhapa is about 45 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskhapa is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Sohagpur is about 3.5 km away. Sohāgpur is about 3.8 km away. Hoshangabad is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jirran (under 2 km), Bodi (under 2 km) and Bamori Khurd (1.6 km).

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

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