Bansjore is a village in the
Bansjore CD block in the
Simdega subdivision of the
Simdega district
Simdega district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Simdega town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is the least population density district of jharkhand(2011).This district was carv ...
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Geography
Location
Bansjore is located at
Area overview
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.
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
Police station
There is a police station at Bansjore.
CD block HQ
The headquarters of
Bansjore CD block are located at Bansjore village.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 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.
(*For language details see
Bansjore block#Language and religion)
Education
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.
References
{{South Chotanagpur Division
Villages in Simdega district