About Banicha Village

Banicha is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 202 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.74 hectares hectares.

Banicha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banicha village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Area (hectares)	21.74 hectares
Population	391
Male Population	202
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Banicha compares

By the 2011 count Banicha is the 109th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 21.74 hectares work out to about 18 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 993.

Getting to Banicha

Banicha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banicha 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. The nearest villages by name are Baliamara, Balibhasa, Baligerya and Bamda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banicha

As per the Census of India 2011, Banicha village had a population of 391. That makes it the 109th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Banicha village has 202 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banicha has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Banicha covers 21.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banicha falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banicha notes the nearest railway station 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 Banicha.

Banicha is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.