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About Banwala Hanwanta Village

Banwala Hanwanta is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,800, made up of 969 males and 831 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 742 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banwala Hanwanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwala Hanwanta village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152123
Area (hectares) 742 hectares
Population 1,800
Male Population 969
Female Population 831
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banwala Hanwanta compares

By the 2011 count Banwala Hanwanta is the 78th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 742 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 913.

Getting to Banwala Hanwanta

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

Banwala Hanwanta lies about 82 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jandwala, about 2.8 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 Banwala Hanwanta
Nearest railway station Jandwala 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 4.6 km
District headquarters Firozpur 82 km

Villages closest to Banwala Hanwanta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Banwala Hanwanta

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwala Hanwanta village had a population of 1,800. That makes it the 78th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Banwala Hanwanta village has 969 males and 831 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwala Hanwanta has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Banwala Hanwanta is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banwala Hanwanta covers 742 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banwala Hanwanta falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Banwala Hanwanta is Jandwala, about 2.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Banwala Hanwanta.

Banwala Hanwanta is about 82 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwala Hanwanta is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Jandwala is about 2.8 km away. Fazilka is about 4.6 km away. Firozpur is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampura (1.7 km), Korianwali (1.8 km) and Jandwala Kharta (2.0 km).

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

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