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About Banksol Village

Banksol is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 58 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banksol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banksol village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Sankrail
Pincode 721507
Area (hectares) 84.13 hectares
Population 116
Male Population 58
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banksol compares

By the 2011 count Banksol is the 217th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 84.13 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Banksol

Banksol is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banksol as Available within 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Baligerya, Bamda, Bamunmara and Banicha. 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.

Common questions about Banksol

As per the Census of India 2011, Banksol village had a population of 116. That makes it the 217th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Banksol village has 58 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banksol has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Banksol is 721507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banksol covers 84.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Banksol notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Banksol.

Banksol 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.

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

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