About Banshketia Village

Banshketia is a small village in Manbazar I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 107 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshketia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshketia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Manbazar I
Pincode	723131
Area (hectares)	251.38 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	107
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	757
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 Banshketia compares

By the 2011 count Banshketia is the 166th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 251.38 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Banshketia

Banshketia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banshketia 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 Bangan, Bankata, Bankata Keshyardi and Bankati. 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 Banshketia

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshketia village had a population of 188. That makes it the 166th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Banshketia village has 107 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshketia has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Banshketia is 723131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshketia covers 251.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banshketia falls under Manbazar I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banshketia 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 Banshketia.

Banshketia is in Manbazar I 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.