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About Banshi Village

Banshi is a large village in Bidhuna tehsil, in the district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,428, made up of 1,843 males and 1,585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 757.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 206241, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Auraiya
Tehsil Bidhuna
Pincode 206241
Area (hectares) 757.22 hectares
Population 3,428
Male Population 1,843
Female Population 1,585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banshi compares

By the 2011 count Banshi is the 40th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 757.22 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Banshi

The census records public bus service for Banshi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banshi from other places

Banshi lies about 41 km from Auraiya, and the nearest railway station is Achhalda, about 20 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 Banshi
Tehsil headquarters Bidhuna 4.8 km
Nearest town Bidhūna 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Achhalda 20 km
District headquarters Auraiya 41 km

Villages closest to Banshi

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

Common questions about Banshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshi village had a population of 3,428. That makes it the 40th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Banshi village has 1,843 males and 1,585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshi has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Banshi is 206241. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshi covers 757.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banshi falls under Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banshi is Achhalda, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banshi.

Banshi is about 41 km from Auraiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banshi is in Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district. Bidhuna is about 4.8 km away. Bidhūna is about 4.8 km away. Achhalda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bashai (under 2 km), Nawada Lodhi (under 2 km) and Salempur (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banshi today is likely to be higher.

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