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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUREJ PAHADIYA
Contact: 95****5046
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- LGD code
- 359009
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 101
- Households
- 27
- Literacy rate
- 16.8%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 66
- Distance to district centre
- 3 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 299 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tinpahar Junction · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Banapara compares
By population, Banapara ranks #134 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
16.8%
−21.9% vs mandal average
Banapara16.8%
Taljhari mandal38.7%
Sahebganj district42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−68 vs mandal average
Banapara906
Taljhari mandal974
Household size
people per home
3.7
−1.0 vs mandal average
Banapara3.7
Taljhari mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banapara at a glance
Banapara is a village of 101 people in 27 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 134th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 17%, 22 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 3 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 13 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 8 km from Tinpahar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 359009. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SUREJ PAHADIYA. The population is estimated at 119 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banapara · this village | 101 | 17% | — |
| Pakia Bedo · Taljhari | 93 | 12% | 0.7 km S |
| Tokkipu (Chhota Bans) · Taljhari | 0 | — | 0.8 km NW |
| Rodo Maqo · Taljhari | 0 | — | 0.9 km SW |
| Chandekepu (Chal) · Taljhari | 0 | — | 1 km SE |
| Rodo Bedo · Taljhari | 0 | — | 0.9 km W |
| Pakiya · Barhait | 0 | — | 1.5 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banapara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SALGACHHI
- Total area (ha)
- 111.61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banapara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banapara
- LGD code
- 359009
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 101
- Population (projected 2026)
- 119
- Households
- 27
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 16.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.95878°N, 87.67128°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUREJ PAHADIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Taljhari
Getting there
How to reach Banapara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi299 kmcapital
- Kolkata275 km
- Delhi1115 km
- Hyderabad1270 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTinpahar Junction8 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia8 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College52 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station37 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Banapara
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shivgadi DhamTemple4.1 km ↗
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)