About Banpur Village

Banpur is a mid sized village in Khargram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 366 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742138, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Khargram
Pincode	742138
Area (hectares)	79.44 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	366
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 108th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 79.44 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Banpur

Banpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banpur 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 Banpur from other places

Banpur lies about 48 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 13 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 Banpur
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khargram	16 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	18 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	48 km

Villages closest to Banpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banpur village had a population of 689. That makes it the 108th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Banpur village has 366 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banpur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Banpur is 742138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banpur covers 79.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banpur falls under Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banpur is Mallarpur, about 13 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 Banpur.

Banpur is about 48 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banpur is in Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Mallarpur is about 13 km away. Khargram is about 16 km away. Sainthia is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.