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About Bhanpur Village

Bhanpur is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 570 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.69 hectares hectares.

Bhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 465.69 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 570
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
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 Bhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bhanpur is the 27th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 465.69 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Bhanpur

Bhanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhanpur 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 Bhanpur from other places

Bhanpur lies about 55 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Sobhapur, about 16 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 Bhanpur
Nearest railway station Sobhapur 16 km
Nearest town Bareli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 19 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 55 km

Villages closest to Bhanpur

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 Bhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanpur village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 27th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Bhanpur village has 570 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanpur has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Bhanpur covers 465.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhanpur is Sobhapur, about 16 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 Bhanpur.

Bhanpur is about 55 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhanpur is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Sobhapur is about 16 km away. Bareli is about 16 km away. Sohagpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Galacha (under 2 km), Ajera (2.4 km) and Bhatgaon (2.9 km).

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

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