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About Banakia Village

Banakia is a large village in Bhogaon tehsil, in the district of Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,204, made up of 1,199 males and 1,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.76 hectares hectares.

Banakia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banakia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mainpuri
Tehsil Bhogaon
Area (hectares) 134.76 hectares
Population 2,204
Male Population 1,199
Female Population 1,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banakia compares

By the 2011 count Banakia is the 109th largest of the 380 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 134.76 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Banakia

Banakia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banakia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banakia from other places

Banakia lies about 126 km from Mainpuri, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 9.2 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 Banakia
Nearest town Rāya 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Sonai 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhogaon 21 km
District headquarters Mainpuri 126 km

Villages closest to Banakia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banakia village had a population of 2,204. That makes it the 109th largest of the 380 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Banakia village has 1,199 males and 1,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banakia has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Banakia covers 134.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banakia falls under Bhogaon tehsil of Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banakia is Sonai, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banakia.

Banakia is about 126 km from Mainpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banakia is in Bhogaon tehsil of Mainpuri district. Rāya is about 2.5 km away. Sonai is about 9.2 km away. Bhogaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajalpur (2.5 km), Durjanpur (3.3 km) and Inderpur Sujanpur (3.3 km).

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

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