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About Chhota Bankadaha Village

Chhota Bankadaha is a large village in Vishnupur tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,641, made up of 1,352 males and 1,289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722164, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Bankadaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Bankadaha village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Vishnupur
Pincode 722164
Area (hectares) 672.38 hectares
Population 2,641
Male Population 1,352
Female Population 1,289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chhota Bankadaha compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Bankadaha is the 12th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,066 residents. Its 672.38 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chhota Bankadaha

Chhota Bankadaha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chhota Bankadaha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhota Bankadaha from other places

Chhota Bankadaha lies about 41 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Piardoba, about 4.4 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 Chhota Bankadaha
Nearest railway station Piardoba 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Vishnupur 11 km
Nearest town Bishnupur 11 km
District headquarters Bankura 41 km

Villages closest to Chhota Bankadaha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vishnupur 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 Chhota Bankadaha

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Bankadaha village had a population of 2,641. That makes it the 12th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,066 residents.

Chhota Bankadaha village has 1,352 males and 1,289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Bankadaha has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Bankadaha is 722164. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Bankadaha covers 672.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Bankadaha falls under Vishnupur tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Bankadaha is Piardoba, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chhota Bankadaha.

Chhota Bankadaha is about 41 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Bankadaha is in Vishnupur tehsil of Bankura district. Piardoba is about 4.4 km away. Vishnupur is about 11 km away. Bishnupur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beliara (15 km), Gumut (16 km) and Joykrishnapur (17 km).

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

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