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About Baniyagaon Village

Baniyagaon is a small village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 103 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.02 hectares hectares.

Baniyagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniyagaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Bichhiya
Area (hectares) 201.02 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 103
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
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 Baniyagaon compares

By the 2011 count Baniyagaon is the 291st largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 201.02 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1020.

Getting to Baniyagaon

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

Baniyagaon lies about 127 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Sagoni, about 20 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 Baniyagaon
Tehsil headquarters Bichhiya 15 km
Nearest railway station Sagoni 20 km
Nearest town Kaimori 30 km
District headquarters Mandla 127 km

Villages closest to Baniyagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniyagaon village had a population of 194. That makes it the 291st largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Baniyagaon village has 103 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniyagaon has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Baniyagaon covers 201.02 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.

Baniyagaon falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baniyagaon is Sagoni, about 20 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 Baniyagaon.

Baniyagaon is about 127 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baniyagaon is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Bichhiya is about 15 km away. Sagoni is about 20 km away. Kaimori is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basaniya (under 2 km), Surajpura F V (2.7 km) and Jamuniya (6.5 km).

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

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