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About Banota Village

Banota is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,485, made up of 810 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.73 hectares hectares.

Banota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banota village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Area (hectares) 687.73 hectares
Population 1,485
Male Population 810
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banota compares

By the 2011 count Banota is the 63rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 687.73 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 877.

Getting to Banota

Banota is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banota as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banota from other places

Banota lies about 53 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 31 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 Banota
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 12 km
Nearest town Bāmor Kalān 28 km
Nearest railway station Basai 31 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 53 km

Villages closest to Banota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banota village had a population of 1,485. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Banota village has 810 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banota has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Banota covers 687.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banota falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banota is Basai, about 31 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banota.

Banota is about 53 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banota is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 12 km away. Bāmor Kalān is about 28 km away. Basai is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahi (2.5 km), Bagharwara Medeka (2.8 km) and Pipal Kheda Myapur (3.6 km).

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

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