About Bansgahan Village

Bansgahan is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 181 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.807 hectares hectares.

Bansgahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansgahan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	325.807 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	181
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bansgahan compares

By the 2011 count Bansgahan is the 148th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 325.807 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Bansgahan

Bansgahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bansgahan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bansgahan from other places

Bansgahan lies about 43 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 5.3 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 Bansgahan
Nearest railway station	Barkhera	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	7.5 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	9.8 km
District headquarters	Raisen	43 km

Villages closest to Bansgahan

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

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Common questions about Bansgahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansgahan village had a population of 343. That makes it the 148th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Bansgahan village has 181 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansgahan has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Bansgahan covers 325.807 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bansgahan falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bansgahan is Barkhera, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bansgahan.

Bansgahan is about 43 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansgahan is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Barkhera is about 5.3 km away. Goharganj is about 7.5 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.