About Banskatia Village

Banskatia is a mid sized village in Salanpur tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 255 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banskatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banskatia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Salanpur
Pincode	713335
Area (hectares)	106.91 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	255
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banskatia compares

By the 2011 count Banskatia is the 58th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents. Its 106.91 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 Banskatia

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

How far is Banskatia from other places

Banskatia lies about 128 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 17 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 Banskatia
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	17 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salanpur	32 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	128 km

Villages closest to Banskatia

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

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Common questions about Banskatia

As per the Census of India 2011, Banskatia village had a population of 553. That makes it the 58th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents.

Banskatia village has 255 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banskatia has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Banskatia is 713335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banskatia covers 106.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banskatia falls under Salanpur tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banskatia is Jamtara, about 17 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banskatia.

Banskatia is about 128 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banskatia is in Salanpur tehsil of Barddhaman district. Jamtara is about 17 km away. Jāmtāra is about 17 km away. Salanpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.