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About Banktara Village

Banktara is a small village in Ausgram II tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 76 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banktara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Ausgram II
Pincode 713152
Area (hectares) 66.49 hectares
Population 141
Male Population 76
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banktara compares

By the 2011 count Banktara is the 95th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents. Its 66.49 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 942.

Getting to Banktara

Banktara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banktara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bagbati, Bahadurpur, Baksibad Pogram and Balarambati. 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 Banktara

As per the Census of India 2011, Banktara village had a population of 141. That makes it the 95th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents.

Banktara village has 76 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banktara has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Banktara is 713152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banktara covers 66.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banktara falls under Ausgram II tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banktara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Banktara is in Ausgram II tehsil of Barddhaman 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 Banktara today is likely to be higher.

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