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About Banasi Village

Banasi is a mid sized village in Beohari tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 307 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1219.66 hectares hectares.

Banasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Beohari
Area (hectares) 1219.66 hectares
Population 611
Male Population 307
Female Population 304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banasi compares

By the 2011 count Banasi is the 105th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 1219.66 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Banasi

Banasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banasi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banasi from other places

Banasi lies about 92 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Duvri Kalan, about 14 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 Banasi
Nearest railway station Duvri Kalan 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Beohari 16 km
Nearest town Beohāri 16 km
District headquarters Shahdol 92 km

Villages closest to Banasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banasi village had a population of 611. That makes it the 105th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Banasi village has 307 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banasi has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Banasi covers 1219.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banasi falls under Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banasi is Duvri Kalan, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banasi.

Banasi is about 92 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banasi is in Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district. Duvri Kalan is about 14 km away. Beohari is about 16 km away. Beohāri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Boddiha (under 2 km), Sarwahi Kalan (3.0 km) and Sarwahi Khurd (3.0 km).

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

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