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About Banshraya Village

Banshraya is a mid sized village in Kashipur tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 983, made up of 488 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banshraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banshraya village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Kashipur
Pincode 723132
Area (hectares) 429.38 hectares
Population 983
Male Population 488
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banshraya compares

By the 2011 count Banshraya is the 59th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 885 residents. Its 429.38 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Banshraya

Banshraya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banshraya as Available within 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 Amlabahal, Amshala, Babirdi and Baindi. 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 Banshraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Banshraya village had a population of 983. That makes it the 59th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 885 residents.

Banshraya village has 488 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banshraya has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Banshraya is 723132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banshraya covers 429.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banshraya falls under Kashipur tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Banshraya 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 - 10 km distance for Banshraya.

Banshraya is in Kashipur 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 Banshraya today is likely to be higher.

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