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About Banki Village

Banki is a large village in Nawabganj tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,794, made up of 2,501 males and 2,293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.88 hectares hectares.

Banki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banki village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Nawabganj
Area (hectares) 492.88 hectares
Population 4,794
Male Population 2,501
Female Population 2,293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
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 Banki compares

By the 2011 count Banki is the 24th largest of the 373 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents. Its 492.88 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Banki

The census records public bus service for Banki 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 Banki from other places

Banki lies about under 2 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Barabanki Junction, about under 2 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 Banki
Nearest railway station Barabanki Junction under 2 km
District headquarters Bara Banki under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawabganj 2.1 km
Nearest town Nawābganj 2.1 km

Villages closest to Banki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banki village had a population of 4,794. That makes it the 24th largest of the 373 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents.

Banki village has 2,501 males and 2,293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banki has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Banki covers 492.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banki falls under Nawabganj tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banki is Barabanki Junction, about under 2 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 Banki.

Banki is about under 2 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banki is in Nawabganj tehsil of Bara Banki district. Barabanki Junction is about under 2 km away. Bara Banki is about under 2 km away. Nawabganj is about 2.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohammad Pur (under 2 km), Bhitura (1.8 km) and Kondarmau (2.1 km).

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

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