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About Banwahi Village

Banwahi is a small village in Nagbhir tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 253 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.38 hectares hectares.

Banwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwahi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Nagbhir
Area (hectares) 167.38 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 253
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banwahi compares

By the 2011 count Banwahi is the 77th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents. Its 167.38 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 979.

Getting to Banwahi

The census records public bus service for Banwahi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banwahi from other places

Banwahi lies about 87 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Mangli, about 2.2 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 Banwahi
Nearest railway station Mangli 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagbhir 9.6 km
Nearest town Pawni 14 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 87 km

Villages closest to Banwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwahi village had a population of 479. That makes it the 77th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents.

Banwahi village has 253 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwahi has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Banwahi covers 167.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banwahi falls under Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Banwahi is Mangli, about 2.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banwahi.

Banwahi is about 87 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwahi is in Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district. Mangli is about 2.2 km away. Nagbhir is about 9.6 km away. Pawni is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banwahi Chak (under 2 km), Bikli (2.3 km) and Mangali (2.3 km).

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

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