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About Bankhiria Village

Bankhiria is a small village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 189 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.2 hectares hectares.

Bankhiria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankhiria village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 289.2 hectares
Population 347
Male Population 189
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
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 Bankhiria compares

By the 2011 count Bankhiria is the 133rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 289.2 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 888.

Getting to Bankhiria

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

Bankhiria lies about 40 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, about 3.5 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 Bankhiria
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan Sumreri 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 8.0 km
District headquarters Sagar 40 km

Villages closest to Bankhiria

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 Bankhiria

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankhiria village had a population of 347. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Bankhiria village has 189 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankhiria has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Bankhiria covers 289.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bankhiria is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, about 3.5 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 Bankhiria.

Bankhiria is about 40 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankhiria is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Relwai Stesan Sumreri is about 3.5 km away. Khurai is about 8.0 km away. Sagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badoli (1.7 km), Pyasi (2.2 km) and Ganpat (2.8 km).

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

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