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About Banjari Village

Banjari is a small village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 104 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.32 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 112.32 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 104
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
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 Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 248th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 112.32 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Banjari

Banjari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banjari 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 Banjari from other places

Banjari lies about 40 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Khuldil Road, about 27 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 Banjari
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 19 km
Nearest railway station Khuldil Road 27 km
Nearest town Obra 33 km
District headquarters Singrauli 40 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 192. That makes it the 248th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Banjari village has 104 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Banjari covers 112.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Khuldil Road, about 27 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 Banjari.

Banjari is about 40 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 19 km away. Khuldil Road is about 27 km away. Obra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjariya (under 2 km), Kusahi (under 2 km) and Deori (2.3 km).

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

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