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About Banagram Village

Banagram is a small village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 488, made up of 240 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banagram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banagram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Kanksa
Pincode 713148
Area (hectares) 97.83 hectares
Population 488
Male Population 240
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
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 Banagram compares

By the 2011 count Banagram is the 61st largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 97.83 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Banagram

Banagram is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banagram 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banagram from other places

Banagram lies about 118 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 9.7 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 Banagram
Nearest town Nalhāti 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Nalhati Junction 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanksa 32 km
District headquarters Barddhaman 118 km

Villages closest to Banagram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanksa 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 Banagram

As per the Census of India 2011, Banagram village had a population of 488. That makes it the 61st largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Banagram village has 240 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banagram has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Banagram is 713148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banagram covers 97.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banagram falls under Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banagram is Nalhati Junction, about 9.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banagram.

Banagram is about 118 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banagram is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Nalhāti is about 8.7 km away. Nalhati Junction is about 9.7 km away. Kanksa is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Radhanagar (1.5 km), Srirampur (6.5 km) and Sasipur (8.9 km).

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

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