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About Banka Pahari Village

Banka Pahari is a large village in Tahrauli tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,444, made up of 1,861 males and 1,583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1426.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banka Pahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka Pahari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Tahrauli
Pincode 284204
Area (hectares) 1426.49 hectares
Population 3,444
Male Population 1,861
Female Population 1,583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banka Pahari compares

By the 2011 count Banka Pahari is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 1426.49 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 899.

Getting to Banka Pahari

Banka Pahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banka Pahari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Banka Pahari from other places

Banka Pahari lies about 56 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Moth, about 27 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 Banka Pahari
Nearest town Gursarāi 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Tahrauli 14 km
Nearest railway station Moth 27 km
District headquarters Jhansi 56 km

Villages closest to Banka Pahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tahrauli 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 Banka Pahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka Pahari village had a population of 3,444. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Banka Pahari village has 1,861 males and 1,583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka Pahari has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Banka Pahari is 284204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banka Pahari covers 1426.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banka Pahari falls under Tahrauli tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banka Pahari is Moth, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available for Banka Pahari.

Banka Pahari is about 56 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka Pahari is in Tahrauli tehsil of Jhansi district. Gursarāi is about 8.3 km away. Tahrauli is about 14 km away. Moth is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atrauli (2.4 km), Baror (3.6 km) and Rora (3.6 km).

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

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