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About Banihari Village

Banihari 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 1,770, made up of 914 males and 856 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, 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 Kushmundi
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 79.4 hectares
Population 1,770
Male Population 914
Female Population 856
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
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 Banihari compares

By the 2011 count Banihari is the 22nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 79.4 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Banihari

Banihari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banihari 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 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
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kushmundi 20 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 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 Banihari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banihari village had a population of 1,770. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Banihari village has 914 males and 856 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banihari has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Banihari covers 79.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banihari falls under Kushmundi 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 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 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 Banshbari (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 Banihari today is likely to be higher.

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