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About Gangai Banjar Village

Gangai Banjar is a small village in Chhapara tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 175 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.7 hectares hectares.

Gangai Banjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangai Banjar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Chhapara
Area (hectares) 166.7 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 175
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangai Banjar compares

By the 2011 count Gangai Banjar is the 122nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 166.7 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Gangai Banjar

Gangai Banjar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangai Banjar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangai Banjar from other places

Gangai Banjar lies about 37 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Palari, about 7.9 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 Gangai Banjar
Nearest railway station Palari 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhapara 22 km
Nearest town Nainpur 32 km
District headquarters Seoni 37 km

Villages closest to Gangai Banjar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhapara 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 Gangai Banjar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangai Banjar village had a population of 343. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Gangai Banjar village has 175 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangai Banjar has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Gangai Banjar covers 166.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangai Banjar falls under Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangai Banjar is Palari, about 7.9 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 village for Gangai Banjar.

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

Gangai Banjar is in Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district. Palari is about 7.9 km away. Chhapara is about 22 km away. Nainpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Imlipathar Banjar (under 2 km), Singhodi (5.3 km) and Barsala (5.5 km).

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

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