About Banafa Village

Banafa is a mid sized village in Ghosi tehsil, in the district of Mau, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,776, made up of 826 males and 950 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 275304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banafa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banafa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mau
Tehsil	Ghosi
Pincode	275304
Area (hectares)	76.3 hectares
Population	1,776
Male Population	826
Female Population	950
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Banafa compares

By the 2011 count Banafa is the 80th largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents. Its 76.3 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Banafa

Banafa 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 Banafa as Available within 5 - 10 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 Banafa from other places

Banafa lies about 26 km from Mau, and the nearest railway station is Amila, about 5.7 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 Banafa
Nearest railway station	Amila	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghosi	9.0 km
Nearest town	Ghosī	9.0 km
District headquarters	Mau	26 km

Villages closest to Banafa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banafa village had a population of 1,776. That makes it the 80th largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents.

Banafa village has 826 males and 950 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banafa has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Banafa is 275304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banafa covers 76.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banafa falls under Ghosi tehsil of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banafa is Amila, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Banafa.

Banafa is about 26 km from Mau in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banafa is in Ghosi tehsil of Mau district. Amila is about 5.7 km away. Ghosi is about 9.0 km away. Ghosī is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.