About Banihari Village

Banihari is a mid sized village in Gangarampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 567 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banihari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banihari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Gangarampur
Pincode	733140
Area (hectares)	209.68 hectares
Population	1,104
Male Population	567
Female Population	537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banihari compares

By the 2011 count Banihari is the 71st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 209.68 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Banihari

Banihari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banihari as Available within village. 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 Banihari from other places

Banihari lies about 20 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Buniadpur, about 1.9 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 Banihari
Nearest railway station	Buniadpur	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangarampur	11 km
Nearest town	Gangārāmpur	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	20 km

Villages closest to Banihari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banihari village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 71st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Banihari village has 567 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banihari has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Banihari is 733140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banihari covers 209.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banihari falls under Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banihari is Buniadpur, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banihari.

Banihari is about 20 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banihari is in Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Buniadpur is about 1.9 km away. Gangarampur is about 11 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.