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About Banarasipur Village

Banarasipur is a small village in Lalganj tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 20 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.37 hectares hectares.

Banarasipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banarasipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Lalganj
Area (hectares) 13.37 hectares
Population 34
Male Population 20
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banarasipur compares

By the 2011 count Banarasipur is the 459th largest of the 484 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,120 residents. Its 13.37 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Banarasipur

Banarasipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banarasipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banarasipur from other places

Banarasipur lies about 152 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Gauriganj, 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 Banarasipur
Nearest railway station Gauriganj 3.8 km
Nearest town Jais 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalganj 28 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 152 km

Villages closest to Banarasipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banarasipur village had a population of 34. That makes it the 459th largest of the 484 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,120 residents.

Banarasipur village has 20 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banarasipur has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Banarasipur covers 13.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banarasipur falls under Lalganj tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banarasipur is Gauriganj, about 3.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banarasipur.

Banarasipur is about 152 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banarasipur is in Lalganj tehsil of Azamgarh district. Gauriganj is about 3.8 km away. Jais is about 15 km away. Lalganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akabarpur Taraf Kazi (5.0 km), Sekhapur Pathanpur (6.1 km) and Padari (6.8 km).

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

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