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About Banathar Village

Banathar is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,077, made up of 525 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713.1 hectares hectares.

Banathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banathar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 713.1 hectares
Population 1,077
Male Population 525
Female Population 552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banathar compares

By the 2011 count Banathar is the 50th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 713.1 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Banathar

The census records public bus service for Banathar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banathar from other places

Banathar lies about 48 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 11 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 Banathar
Nearest railway station Lamta 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 30 km
Nearest town Nainpur 35 km
District headquarters Seoni 48 km

Villages closest to Banathar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banathar village had a population of 1,077. That makes it the 50th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Banathar village has 525 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banathar has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Banathar covers 713.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banathar falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banathar is Lamta, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Banathar.

Banathar is about 48 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banathar is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Lamta is about 11 km away. Keolari is about 30 km away. Nainpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rechna (1.5 km), Bagdongri (1.7 km) and Devgaon (1.7 km).

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

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