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About Banshbari Village

Banshbari is a mid sized village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 713, made up of 341 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshbari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 58.54 hectares
Population 713
Male Population 341
Female Population 372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshbari compares

By the 2011 count Banshbari is the 109th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 58.54 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Banshbari

Banshbari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banshbari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banshbari from other places

Banshbari 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 Banshbari
Nearest railway station Buniadpur 1.9 km
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kushmundi 20 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 20 km

Villages closest to Banshbari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshbari village had a population of 713. That makes it the 109th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Banshbari village has 341 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshbari has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Banshbari is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshbari covers 58.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banshbari falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banshbari 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banshbari.

Banshbari 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.

Banshbari is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Buniadpur is about 1.9 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 11 km away. Kushmundi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banihari (under 2 km), Bangaon Krishnapur (6.6 km) and Bara Krishnapur (6.6 km).

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

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