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About Bamhani Village

Bamhani is a mid sized village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 792 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754.17 hectares hectares.

Bamhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamhani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 754.17 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 792
Female Population 792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamhani compares

By the 2011 count Bamhani is the 14th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 754.17 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Bamhani

Bamhani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bamhani 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 Bamhani from other places

Bamhani lies about 28 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Nidhani, about 12 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 Bamhani
Nearest railway station Nidhani 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 21 km
District headquarters Mandla 28 km

Villages closest to Bamhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamhani village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 14th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Bamhani village has 792 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamhani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Bamhani covers 754.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bamhani falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bamhani is Nidhani, about 12 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 Bamhani.

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

Bamhani is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Nidhani is about 12 km away. Nainpur is about 21 km away. Mandla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachhari (2.8 km), Jhulpur (2.9 km) and Pipariya (3.2 km).

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

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