About Banakat Village

Banakat is a small village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 364, made up of 164 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,220 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.58 hectares hectares.

Banakat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banakat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Gola
Area (hectares)	26.58 hectares
Population	364
Male Population	164
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,220
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banakat compares

By the 2011 count Banakat is the 383rd largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 26.58 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Banakat

Banakat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banakat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banakat from other places

Banakat lies about 167 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohta, about 4.2 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 Banakat
Nearest railway station	Lohta	4.2 km
Nearest town	Varanasi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gola	19 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	167 km

Villages closest to Banakat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banakat village had a population of 364. That makes it the 383rd largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Banakat village has 164 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banakat has about 1220 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Banakat covers 26.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banakat falls under Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banakat is Lohta, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Banakat.

Banakat is about 167 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banakat is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Lohta is about 4.2 km away. Varanasi is about 12 km away. Gola is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.