About Banwas Village

Banwas is a large village in Palam tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,672, made up of 2,378 males and 2,294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1725 hectares hectares.

Banwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwas village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Tehsil	Palam
Area (hectares)	1725 hectares
Population	4,672
Male Population	2,378
Female Population	2,294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banwas compares

By the 2011 count Banwas is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 1725 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Banwas

Banwas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banwas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banwas from other places

Banwas lies about 50 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Gangakher, about 26 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 Banwas
Nearest town	Ahmadpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palam	18 km
Nearest railway station	Gangakher	26 km
District headquarters	Parbhani	50 km

Villages closest to Banwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwas village had a population of 4,672. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Banwas village has 2,378 males and 2,294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwas has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Banwas covers 1725 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banwas falls under Palam tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Banwas is Gangakher, about 26 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banwas.

Banwas is about 50 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwas is in Palam tehsil of Parbhani district. Ahmadpur is about 17 km away. Palam is about 18 km away. Gangakher is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.