About Banarsi Village

Banarsi is a large village in Moonak tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,230, made up of 1,715 males and 1,515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2082 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banarsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banarsi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Moonak
Pincode	148033
Area (hectares)	2082 hectares
Population	3,230
Male Population	1,715
Female Population	1,515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banarsi compares

By the 2011 count Banarsi is the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents. Its 2082 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Banarsi

Banarsi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banarsi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Banarsi from other places

Banarsi lies about 51 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtan Sahib, about 18 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 Banarsi
Nearest town	Patran	14 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtan Sahib	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Moonak	18 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	51 km

Villages closest to Banarsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banarsi village had a population of 3,230. That makes it the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents.

Banarsi village has 1,715 males and 1,515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banarsi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Banarsi is 148033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banarsi covers 2082 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banarsi falls under Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Banarsi is Dhamtan Sahib, about 18 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banarsi.

Banarsi is about 51 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banarsi is in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district. Patran is about 14 km away. Dhamtan Sahib is about 18 km away. Moonak is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.