About Bankat Village

Bankat is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 242 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.62 hectares hectares.

Bankat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	29.62 hectares
Population	518
Male Population	242
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,140
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankat compares

By the 2011 count Bankat is the 375th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 29.62 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bankat

Bankat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bankat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bankat from other places

Bankat lies about 28 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, about 3.4 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 Bankat
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Khalilabad	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	20 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	28 km

Villages closest to Bankat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankat village had a population of 518. That makes it the 375th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Bankat village has 242 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankat has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Bankat covers 29.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bankat falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bankat is Khalilabad, about 3.4 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 10+ km distance for Bankat.

Bankat is about 28 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankat is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khalīlābād is about 2.0 km away. Khalilabad is about 3.4 km away. Khajni is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.