About Bankas Village

Bankas is a mid sized village in Jaitaran tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 296 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Tehsil	Jaitaran
Pincode	306301
Area (hectares)	518 hectares
Population	562
Male Population	296
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankas compares

By the 2011 count Bankas is the 85th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,890 residents. Its 518 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bankas

Bankas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankas as Available within 5 - 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 Bankas from other places

Bankas lies about 98 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Ras, about 23 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 Bankas
Nearest railway station	Ras	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitaran	24 km
Nearest town	Jaitāran	24 km
District headquarters	Pali	98 km

Villages closest to Bankas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankas village had a population of 562. That makes it the 85th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,890 residents.

Bankas village has 296 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankas has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bankas is 306301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankas covers 518 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankas falls under Jaitaran tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Bankas is Ras, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bankas.

Bankas is about 98 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankas is in Jaitaran tehsil of Pali district. Ras is about 23 km away. Jaitaran is about 24 km away. Jaitāran is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.