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About Banhari Village

Banhari is a small village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 197 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.41 hectares hectares.

Banhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 422.41 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 197
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
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 Banhari compares

By the 2011 count Banhari is the 72nd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 422.41 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banhari

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

Banhari lies about 17 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Lakhakhera, about 7.6 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 Banhari
Nearest railway station Lakhakhera 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 17 km
District headquarters Katni 17 km
Nearest town Murwāra 17 km

Villages closest to Banhari

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.

Common questions about Banhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhari village had a population of 419. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Banhari village has 197 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhari has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Banhari covers 422.41 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Banhari is Lakhakhera, about 7.6 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 Banhari.

Banhari is about 17 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhari is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Lakhakhera is about 7.6 km away. Badwara is about 17 km away. Katni 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 Amadi (under 2 km), Banahra (under 2 km) and Barchheka (2.5 km).

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

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