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About Banktor Village

Banktor is a small village in Taldangra tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 108 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banktor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banktor village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Taldangra
Pincode 722156
Area (hectares) 94.39 hectares
Population 199
Male Population 108
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banktor compares

By the 2011 count Banktor is the 122nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents. Its 94.39 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Banktor

Banktor is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banktor as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Aulia, Baghdoba, Baharagarya and Balarampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banktor

As per the Census of India 2011, Banktor village had a population of 199. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents.

Banktor village has 108 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banktor has about 843 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 Banktor is 722156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banktor covers 94.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banktor falls under Taldangra tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banktor notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banktor.

Banktor is in Taldangra tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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