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About Banipara Maharaj Village

Banipara Maharaj is one of the larger villages in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,872, made up of 3,212 males and 2,660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1076.98 hectares hectares.

Banipara Maharaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banipara Maharaj village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Area (hectares) 1076.98 hectares
Population 5,872
Male Population 3,212
Female Population 2,660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Banipara Maharaj compares

By the 2011 count Banipara Maharaj is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 1076.98 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Banipara Maharaj

Banipara Maharaj is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banipara Maharaj as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banipara Maharaj from other places

Banipara Maharaj lies about 9.8 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 5.5 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 Banipara Maharaj
Nearest railway station Phaphund 5.5 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 9.8 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 16 km

Villages closest to Banipara Maharaj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Derapur 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 Banipara Maharaj

As per the Census of India 2011, Banipara Maharaj village had a population of 5,872. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Banipara Maharaj village has 3,212 males and 2,660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banipara Maharaj has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

Banipara Maharaj covers 1076.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banipara Maharaj falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banipara Maharaj is Phaphund, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Banipara Maharaj.

Banipara Maharaj is about 9.8 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banipara Maharaj is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Phaphund is about 5.5 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 9.8 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banipara Jauhar (under 2 km), Banipara Dagraha (1.6 km) and Mahrajpur (2.9 km).

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

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