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About Bansai Village

Bansai is a mid sized village in Mahavan tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,508, made up of 746 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.46 hectares hectares.

Bansai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Tehsil Mahavan
Area (hectares) 296.46 hectares
Population 1,508
Male Population 746
Female Population 762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bansai compares

By the 2011 count Bansai is the 62nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents. Its 296.46 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Bansai

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

Bansai lies about 18 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 5.4 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 Bansai
Nearest railway station Sonai 5.4 km
Nearest town Rāya 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahavan 18 km
District headquarters Mathura 18 km

Villages closest to Bansai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansai village had a population of 1,508. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents.

Bansai village has 746 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansai has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 871.

Bansai covers 296.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bansai falls under Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bansai is Sonai, about 5.4 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Bansai.

Bansai is about 18 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansai is in Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district. Sonai is about 5.4 km away. Rāya is about 7.0 km away. Mahavan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bichpuri Poluwa (under 2 km), Nagaura (under 2 km) and Pavesara (under 2 km).

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

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