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Bansjore
Village
Bansjore is located in Jharkhand
Bansjore
Bansjore
Location in Jharkhand, India
Bansjore is located in India
Bansjore
Bansjore
Bansjore (India)
Coordinates: 22°26′04″N 84°43′34″E / 22.4344°N 84.7262°E / 22.4344; 84.7262
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictSimdega
Government
 • TypeFederal democracy
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,282
Languages *
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
835226
Telephone/ STD code06525
Vehicle registrationJH 20
Literacy61.50%
Lok Sabha constituencyKhunti
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKolebira
Websitesimdega.nic.in

Bansjore is a village in the Bansjore CD block in the Simdega subdivision of the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. 7542868321call

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Bansjore is located at 22°26′04″N 84°43′34″E / 22.4344°N 84.7262°E / 22.4344; 84.7262

Area overview[edit | edit source]

In the area presented in the map alongside, "the landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau" in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. About 32% of the district is covered with forests (mark the shaded portions in the map.) It is an overwhelmingly rural area with 92.83% of the population living in the rural areas. A major portion of the rural population depends on rain-fed agriculture (average annual rainfall: 1,100-1,200 mm) for a living.[1]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Bansjore.[2]

CD block HQ[edit | edit source]

The headquarters of Bansjore CD block are located at Bansjore village.[3]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bansjor had a total population of 4,282, of which 2,166 (51%) were males and 2,094 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 555. The total number of literate persons in Bansjor was 2,292 (61.50% of the population over 6 years.[4]

(*For language details see Bansjore block#Language and religion)

Education[edit | edit source]

S.S. High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching in class VI to class X. The school has a playground and a library with 576 books.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 8: Physical aspects, page 9: Forest, Agriculture, page 33: 2011 Census Findings–Population and its Distribution. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. "District Police Profile - Simdega". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Simdega district on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 376738, pages 120-121. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "SS High School Bansjor". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2021.