About Banbhori Village

Banbhori is a mid sized village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,370, made up of 763 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banbhori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banbhori village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Dhuri
Pincode	148024
Area (hectares)	312.77 hectares
Population	1,370
Male Population	763
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banbhori compares

By the 2011 count Banbhori is the 63rd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 312.77 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 886.

Getting to Banbhori

Banbhori is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banbhori 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banbhori from other places

Banbhori lies about 24 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Himmatana, about 4.9 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 Banbhori
Nearest railway station	Himmatana	4.9 km
Nearest town	Māler Kotla	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuri	10 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	24 km

Villages closest to Banbhori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banbhori village had a population of 1,370. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Banbhori village has 763 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banbhori has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Banbhori is 148024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banbhori covers 312.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banbhori falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Banbhori is Himmatana, about 4.9 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 village for Banbhori.

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

Banbhori is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Himmatana is about 4.9 km away. Māler Kotla is about 9.4 km away. Dhuri is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.