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About Banskhedi Village

Banskhedi is a small village in Shamgarh tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 170 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares.

Banskhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Shamgarh
Area (hectares) 148 hectares
Population 328
Male Population 170
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banskhedi compares

By the 2011 count Banskhedi is the 87th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Banskhedi

The census records public bus service for Banskhedi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banskhedi from other places

Banskhedi lies about 62 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Hanspura, about 3.7 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 Banskhedi
Nearest railway station Hanspura 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Shamgarh 4.6 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 4.6 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 62 km

Villages closest to Banskhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskhedi village had a population of 328. That makes it the 87th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents.

Banskhedi village has 170 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskhedi has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Banskhedi covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskhedi falls under Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banskhedi is Hanspura, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banskhedi.

Banskhedi is about 62 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskhedi is in Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district. Hanspura is about 3.7 km away. Shamgarh is about 4.6 km away. Shāmgarh is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semli Shankar (under 2 km), Junapani Dhoranya (1.8 km) and Salariya (2.0 km).

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

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