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About Banaki Village

Banaki is a large village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,767, made up of 2,470 males and 2,297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1412.71 hectares hectares.

Banaki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaki village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Area (hectares) 1412.71 hectares
Population 4,767
Male Population 2,470
Female Population 2,297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banaki compares

By the 2011 count Banaki is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 1412.71 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Banaki

Banaki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banaki 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banaki from other places

Banaki lies about 30 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 29 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 Banaki
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 15 km
Nearest railway station Mirzapur Railway Station 29 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 30 km
Nearest town Mirzāpur 30 km

Villages closest to Banaki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaki village had a population of 4,767. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Banaki village has 2,470 males and 2,297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaki has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Banaki covers 1412.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banaki falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banaki is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 29 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Banaki.

Banaki is about 30 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banaki is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 15 km away. Mirzapur Railway Station is about 29 km away. Mirzapur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Papraon (2.0 km), Ghori (3.1 km) and Atraila Pandey (3.7 km).

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

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