About Banjari Village

Banjari is a mid sized village in Salekasa tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 629, made up of 298 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.01 hectares hectares.

Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjari village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Salekasa
Area (hectares)	530.01 hectares
Population	629
Male Population	298
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Banjari is the 59th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 530.01 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Banjari

Banjari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banjari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 48 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Darekasa, about 2.7 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
Nearest railway station	Darekasa	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salekasa	11 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	18 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	48 km

Villages closest to Banjari

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

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Common questions about Banjari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjari village had a population of 629. That makes it the 59th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Banjari village has 298 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjari has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Banjari covers 530.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjari falls under Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Banjari is Darekasa, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banjari.

Banjari is about 48 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjari is in Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district. Darekasa is about 2.7 km away. Salekasa is about 11 km away. Dongargarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.