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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a small village in Shahnagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 172 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.78 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Shahnagar
Area (hectares) 186.78 hectares
Population 365
Male Population 172
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
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 Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 83rd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 186.78 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Banjari

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

Banjari lies about 70 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Jukehi, 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 Banjari
Tehsil headquarters Shahnagar 12 km
Nearest railway station Jukehi 20 km
Nearest town Murwāra 31 km
District headquarters Panna 70 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 365. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Banjari village has 172 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Banjari covers 186.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Jukehi, 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 Banjari.

Banjari is about 70 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district. Shahnagar is about 12 km away. Jukehi is about 20 km away. Murwāra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaupra (under 2 km), Amuwa (2.4 km) and Umari Adundi (2.8 km).

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

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