About Baniyawas Village

Baniyawas is a mid sized village in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 568 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342802, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baniyawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniyawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Luni
Pincode	342802
Area (hectares)	916.77 hectares
Population	1,093
Male Population	568
Female Population	525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baniyawas compares

By the 2011 count Baniyawas is the 63rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 916.77 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Baniyawas

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

Baniyawas lies about 24 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Salawas, about 16 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 Baniyawas
Nearest town	Keru	16 km
Nearest railway station	Salawas	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Luni	21 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	24 km

Villages closest to Baniyawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniyawas village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Baniyawas village has 568 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniyawas has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Baniyawas is 342802. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baniyawas covers 916.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baniyawas falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Baniyawas is Salawas, about 16 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 Baniyawas.

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

Baniyawas is in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district. Keru is about 16 km away. Salawas is about 16 km away. Luni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.