About Banta Village

Banta is a large village in Marwar Junction tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,598, made up of 2,342 males and 2,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4403 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banta village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Tehsil	Marwar Junction
Pincode	306503
Area (hectares)	4403 hectares
Population	4,598
Male Population	2,342
Female Population	2,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banta compares

By the 2011 count Banta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents. Its 4403 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Banta

Banta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banta 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banta from other places

Banta lies about 32 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Banta Raghunathgarh, about 3.8 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 Banta
Nearest railway station	Banta Raghunathgarh	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwar Junction	16 km
District headquarters	Pali	32 km
Nearest town	Pāli	32 km

Villages closest to Banta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwar Junction 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 Banta

As per the Census of India 2011, Banta village had a population of 4,598. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents.

Banta village has 2,342 males and 2,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banta has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Banta is 306503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banta covers 4403 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banta falls under Marwar Junction tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Banta is Banta Raghunathgarh, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banta.

Banta is about 32 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banta is in Marwar Junction tehsil of Pali district. Banta Raghunathgarh is about 3.8 km away. Marwar Junction is about 16 km away. Pali is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.