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About Banar Village

Banar is a mid sized village in Niwas tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,079, made up of 508 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.02 hectares hectares.

Banar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Niwas
Area (hectares) 455.02 hectares
Population 1,079
Male Population 508
Female Population 571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
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 Banar compares

By the 2011 count Banar is the 21st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 671 residents. Its 455.02 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Banar

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

Banar lies about 32 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 34 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 Banar
Tehsil headquarters Niwas 18 km
District headquarters Mandla 32 km
Nearest town Mandlā 32 km
Nearest railway station Mandla Fort 34 km

Villages closest to Banar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banar village had a population of 1,079. That makes it the 21st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 671 residents.

Banar village has 508 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banar has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Banar covers 455.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banar falls under Niwas tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banar is Mandla Fort, about 34 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 Banar.

Banar is about 32 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banar is in Niwas tehsil of Mandla district. Niwas is about 18 km away. Mandla is about 32 km away. Mandlā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgaon (under 2 km), Sukhram (2.1 km) and Barbati (2.8 km).

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

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