About Banahra Village

Banahra is a mid sized village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 603 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.95 hectares hectares.

Banahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banahra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Badwara
Area (hectares)	312.95 hectares
Population	1,172
Male Population	603
Female Population	569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Banahra compares

By the 2011 count Banahra is the 35th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 312.95 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banahra

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

Banahra lies about 16 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Lakhakhera, about 7.0 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 Banahra
Nearest railway station	Lakhakhera	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badwara	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	16 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	16 km

Villages closest to Banahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banahra village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 35th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Banahra village has 603 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banahra has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Banahra covers 312.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banahra falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banahra is Lakhakhera, about 7.0 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 Banahra.

Banahra is about 16 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banahra is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Lakhakhera is about 7.0 km away. Badwara is about 16 km away. Katni is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.