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About Banshkopna Village

Banshkopna is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 168 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshkopna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshkopna village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Salbani
Pincode 721147
Area (hectares) 287.19 hectares
Population 328
Male Population 168
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
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 Banshkopna compares

By the 2011 count Banshkopna is the 183rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 287.19 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Banshkopna

Banshkopna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banshkopna 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 Bankibandh, Bankisol, Bansbandi and Banshiroysol. 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 Banshkopna

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshkopna village had a population of 328. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Banshkopna village has 168 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshkopna has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Banshkopna is 721147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshkopna covers 287.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banshkopna falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banshkopna 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 Banshkopna.

Banshkopna is in Salbani 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 Banshkopna today is likely to be higher.

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