About Banjari Village

Banjari is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,750, made up of 1,368 males and 1,382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.87 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	707.87 hectares
Population	2,750
Male Population	1,368
Female Population	1,382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 707.87 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Banjari

Banjari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banjari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banjari from other places

Banjari lies about 28 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Amdara, about 13 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 Banjari
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Amdara	13 km
District headquarters	Katni	28 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	28 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 2,750. That makes it the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Banjari village has 1,368 males and 1,382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Banjari covers 707.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjari falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Amdara, about 13 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 village for Banjari.

Banjari is about 28 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about under 2 km away. Amdara is about 13 km away. Katni is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.