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About Banyani Village

Banyani is a small village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 155 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banyani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banyani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Pincode 473995
Area (hectares) 544.62 hectares
Population 301
Male Population 155
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
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 Banyani compares

By the 2011 count Banyani is the 154th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 544.62 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Banyani

Banyani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banyani 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 Banyani from other places

Banyani lies about 46 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 37 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 Banyani
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 16 km
Nearest town Bāmor Kalān 34 km
Nearest railway station Basai 37 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 46 km

Villages closest to Banyani

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 Banyani

As per the Census of India 2011, Banyani village had a population of 301. That makes it the 154th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Banyani village has 155 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banyani has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Banyani is 473995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banyani covers 544.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Banyani is Basai, about 37 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 Banyani.

Banyani is about 46 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banyani is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 16 km away. Bāmor Kalān is about 34 km away. Basai is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amarpur Dewara (under 2 km), Manpura Myapur (2.6 km) and Pipro (2.7 km).

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

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