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About Banbahal Village

Banbahal is a small village in Bundwan tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 91 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banbahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banbahal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Bundwan
Pincode 723129
Area (hectares) 36.4 hectares
Population 172
Male Population 91
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banbahal compares

By the 2011 count Banbahal is the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 36.4 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Banbahal

Banbahal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banbahal as Available within <5 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 Asanpani, Aspara, Bahadurpur and Bamandera. 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 Banbahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Banbahal village had a population of 172. That makes it the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Banbahal village has 91 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banbahal has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Banbahal is 723129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banbahal covers 36.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banbahal falls under Bundwan tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banbahal notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Banbahal.

Banbahal is in Bundwan tehsil of Puruliya 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 Banbahal today is likely to be higher.

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