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About Banhot Village

Banhot is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,644, made up of 891 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.41 hectares hectares.

Banhot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banhot village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 477.41 hectares
Population 1,644
Male Population 891
Female Population 753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banhot compares

By the 2011 count Banhot is the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 477.41 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Banhot

Banhot is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banhot as Available within 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banhot from other places

Banhot lies about 37 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Sumreri, about 2.7 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 Banhot
Nearest railway station Sumreri 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 11 km
District headquarters Sagar 37 km

Villages closest to Banhot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banhot village had a population of 1,644. That makes it the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Banhot village has 891 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banhot has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Banhot covers 477.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banhot falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banhot is Sumreri, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banhot.

Banhot is about 37 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banhot is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Sumreri is about 2.7 km away. Khurai is about 11 km away. Sagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simria Chitebhan (under 2 km), Sumreri (2.0 km) and Mehmudpura (2.2 km).

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

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