About Bankatwa Village

Bankatwa is a mid sized village in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 301 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankatwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Bhinga
Pincode	271831
Area (hectares)	97.09 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	301
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankatwa compares

By the 2011 count Bankatwa is the 255th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 97.09 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Bankatwa

Bankatwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bankatwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bankatwa from other places

Bankatwa lies about 9.0 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Risia, about 33 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 Bankatwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bhinga	1.9 km
District headquarters	Shrawasti	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Risia	33 km

Villages closest to Bankatwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankatwa village had a population of 564. That makes it the 255th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Bankatwa village has 301 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankatwa has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Bankatwa is 271831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankatwa covers 97.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankatwa falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bankatwa is Risia, about 33 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bankatwa.

Bankatwa is about 9.0 km from Shrawasti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankatwa is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. Bhinga is about 1.9 km away. Shrawasti is about 9.0 km away. Risia is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.