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About Sayer Bankra Village

Sayer Bankra is a mid sized village in Onda tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 349 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sayer Bankra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sayer Bankra village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Onda
Pincode 722144
Area (hectares) 101.24 hectares
Population 649
Male Population 349
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sayer Bankra compares

By the 2011 count Sayer Bankra is the 134th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 101.24 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Sayer Bankra

Sayer Bankra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sayer Bankra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sayer Bankra from other places

Sayer Bankra lies about under 2 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Bankura Jn., about under 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 Sayer Bankra
District headquarters Bankura under 2 km
Nearest town Bānkura under 2 km
Nearest railway station Bankura Jn. under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Onda 17 km

Villages closest to Sayer Bankra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Onda 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 Sayer Bankra

As per the Census of India 2011, Sayer Bankra village had a population of 649. That makes it the 134th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Sayer Bankra village has 349 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sayer Bankra has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Sayer Bankra is 722144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sayer Bankra covers 101.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sayer Bankra falls under Onda tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sayer Bankra is Bankura Jn., about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sayer Bankra.

Sayer Bankra is about under 2 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sayer Bankra is in Onda tehsil of Bankura district. Bankura is about under 2 km away. Bānkura is about under 2 km away. Bankura Jn. is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pratappur (14 km), Ratanpur (14 km) and Jambedya (16 km).

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

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