Village · Hazaribag, Hazaribagh
# Banahapa

Banahapa is a village in Hazaribag sub-district of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, PIN code 825317. The 2011 Census counted 1,054 people in 199 households, the 43rd largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.
- 1,054 people (2011)
- 199 households
- 74.2% literacy
- 825317 PIN code

## Banahapa PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Banahapa is 825317. Banahapa falls in Hazaribag sub-district, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 825317
- Gram panchayat Hutpa
- Community development block Hazaribag
- Census village code 368532

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Banahapa from nearby towns?
- Hazaribagh,Sadar (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Hazaribagh (district HQ) 15 km by road
- Hazaribagh (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Banahapa?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Banahapa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Banahapa known for?

The main crops are rice. About 11% of the 268 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Banahapa

Of every 100 households in Banahapa in 2011, 30 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Banahapa · ■ Hazaribag rural average
- Electricity for lighting 30% 73%
- Toilet within the home 20% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 80% 73%
- Tap water 2% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 13% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 7% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 78% 54%
- Use banking services 83% 71%
- Television 30% 43%
- Mobile phone 69% 66%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 14% 23%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 3%
- None of these assets 21% 13%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Banahapa?

■ Banahapa · ■ Hazaribag rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.2% 75.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 856 903
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 900 929
- Working population 38.1% 30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 61.2% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 10 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 60 (15%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 157 (39%) · ■ Marginal 169 (42%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hazaribag
- Hutpa 1,267 people
- Masipirhi 1,262 people
- Dandai Kalan 1,167 people
- Tarba 1,157 people
- Birbir 1,007 people
- Guruwa 995 people
- Rewar 870 people
- Tumba 861 people

All 92 villages in Hazaribag

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Banahapa? 825317
- How far is Banahapa from Hazaribagh? 15 km by road
- What is the population of Banahapa? 1,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banahapa in? Hazaribagh district (Hazaribag sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banahapa? 74.2% (Census 2011)

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