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About Banwada Village

Banwada is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 723 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 699.59 hectares hectares.

Banwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Jaora
Area (hectares) 699.59 hectares
Population 1,367
Male Population 723
Female Population 644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banwada compares

By the 2011 count Banwada is the 38th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 699.59 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Banwada

Banwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banwada as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banwada from other places

Banwada lies about 44 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Mundalaram, about 5.8 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 Banwada
Nearest railway station Mundalaram 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaora 8.7 km
District headquarters Ratlam 44 km

Villages closest to Banwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwada village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 38th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Banwada village has 723 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwada has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Banwada covers 699.59 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.

Banwada falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banwada is Mundalaram, about 5.8 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 village for Banwada.

Banwada is about 44 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwada is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Mundalaram is about 5.8 km away. Jaora is about 8.7 km away. Ratlam is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandawata (1.9 km), Binoli (2.3 km) and Dah Kheda (2.4 km).

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

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