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About Bankia Village

Bankia is a mid sized village in Champua tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 254 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Champua
Pincode 758044
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 510
Male Population 254
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankia compares

By the 2011 count Bankia is the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 804 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Bankia

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

Bankia lies about 54 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Badampahar, about 19 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 Bankia
Nearest railway station Badampahar 19 km
Nearest town Karanjiā 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Champua 32 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 54 km

Villages closest to Bankia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankia village had a population of 510. That makes it the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 804 residents.

Bankia village has 254 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankia has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Bankia is 758044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankia covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankia falls under Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Bankia is Badampahar, about 19 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 <5 km distance for Bankia.

Bankia is about 54 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankia is in Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district. Badampahar is about 19 km away. Karanjiā is about 25 km away. Champua is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raruangoda (11 km), Anandapur Alias Panchapokharia (17 km) and Tiansiposi (23 km).

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

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