About Banhara Village

Banhara is a small village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 133 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.13 hectares hectares.

Banhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	289.13 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	133
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banhara compares

By the 2011 count Banhara is the 148th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 289.13 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Banhara

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

How far is Banhara from other places

Banhara 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 Banhara
Nearest railway station	Lakhakhera	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	16 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	16 km

Villages closest to Banhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhara village had a population of 251. That makes it the 148th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Banhara village has 133 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhara has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Banhara covers 289.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banhara falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banhara 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banhara.

Banhara 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.

Banhara is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Lakhakhera is about 7.0 km away. Dhimarkheda 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.