About Banjora Village

Banjora is a mid sized village in Mejhia tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,529, made up of 765 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjora village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Mejhia
Pincode	722142
Area (hectares)	773.52 hectares
Population	1,529
Male Population	765
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjora compares

By the 2011 count Banjora is the 20th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents. Its 773.52 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Banjora

Banjora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banjora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banjora from other places

Banjora lies about 31 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Durgapur, about 8.2 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 Banjora
Nearest railway station	Durgapur	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mejhia	31 km
District headquarters	Bankura	31 km

Villages closest to Banjora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mejhia tehsil.

Moshnekonda 33 km

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 Banjora

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjora village had a population of 1,529. That makes it the 20th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents.

Banjora village has 765 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjora has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Banjora is 722142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjora covers 773.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjora falls under Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banjora is Durgapur, about 8.2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banjora.

Banjora is about 31 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjora is in Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district. Durgapur is about 8.2 km away. Mejhia is about 31 km away. Bankura is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.