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About Banda Village

Banda is a mid sized village in Maredumilli tehsil, in the district of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 322 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,189 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 533295, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District East Godavari
Tehsil Maredumilli
Pincode 533295
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 705
Male Population 322
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,189
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 4th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Banda

Banda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banda from other places

Banda lies about 103 km from East Godavari, and the nearest railway station is Ravikampadu, about 85 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Banda
Tehsil headquarters Maredumilli 24 km
Nearest town Rampachodavaram 39 km
Nearest railway station Ravikampadu 85 km
District headquarters East Godavari 103 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maredumilli tehsil.

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 Banda

As per the Census of India 2011, Banda village had a population of 705. That makes it the 4th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Banda village has 322 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 1189 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 533295. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banda falls under Maredumilli tehsil of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Ravikampadu, about 85 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banda.

Banda is about 103 km from East Godavari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Maredumilli tehsil of East Godavari district. Maredumilli is about 24 km away. Rampachodavaram is about 39 km away. Ravikampadu is about 85 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siripanlova (under 2 km), Chakkavada (3.1 km) and Busigandi (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banda today is likely to be higher.

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