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About Banipur Village

Banipur is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 24 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.99 hectares hectares.

Banipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 22.99 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 24
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banipur compares

By the 2011 count Banipur is the 1247th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 22.99 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 965.

Getting to Banipur

Banipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banipur as Available within 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 Banipur from other places

Banipur lies about 39 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Ramchaura, about 22 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 Banipur
Nearest town Mehndāwal 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Ramchaura 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 30 km
District headquarters Basti 39 km

Villages closest to Banipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banipur village had a population of 42. That makes it the 1247th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Banipur village has 24 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banipur has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Banipur covers 22.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banipur falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banipur is Ramchaura, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banipur.

Banipur is about 39 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banipur is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Mehndāwal is about 5.7 km away. Ramchaura is about 22 km away. Harraiya is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raipur (under 2 km), Ranipur (under 2 km) and Ranipur Babu (under 2 km).

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

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