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About Banayat Village

Banayat is a mid sized village in Darwha tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 435 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475.16 hectares hectares.

Banayat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banayat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Darwha
Area (hectares) 475.16 hectares
Population 845
Male Population 435
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banayat compares

By the 2011 count Banayat is the 79th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 475.16 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Banayat

Banayat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banayat 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banayat from other places

Banayat lies about 24 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Ladkhed, about 4.3 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 Banayat
Nearest railway station Ladkhed 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Darwha 16 km
Nearest town Dārwha 16 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 24 km

Villages closest to Banayat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banayat village had a population of 845. That makes it the 79th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Banayat village has 435 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banayat has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Banayat covers 475.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banayat falls under Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Banayat is Ladkhed, about 4.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banayat.

Banayat is about 24 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banayat is in Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district. Ladkhed is about 4.3 km away. Darwha is about 16 km away. Dārwha is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umartha Kh (1.5 km), Amshet (1.7 km) and Morgavhan (3.0 km).

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

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