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About Tola Bank Village

Tola Bank is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 261 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 751 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tola Bank Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tola Bank village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Pincode 814131
Area (hectares) 109 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 261
Female Population 196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 751
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Tola Bank compares

By the 2011 count Tola Bank is the 107th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Tola Bank

Tola Bank is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Tola Bank as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tola Bank from other places

Tola Bank lies about 90 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Lakhminia, about 6.2 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 Tola Bank
Nearest railway station Lakhminia 6.2 km
Nearest town Ballia 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 33 km
District headquarters Banka 90 km

Villages closest to Tola Bank

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanan 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 Tola Bank

As per the Census of India 2011, Tola Bank village had a population of 457. That makes it the 107th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Tola Bank village has 261 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tola Bank has about 751 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Tola Bank is 814131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tola Bank covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tola Bank falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tola Bank is Lakhminia, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tola Bank.

Tola Bank is about 90 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tola Bank is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Lakhminia is about 6.2 km away. Ballia is about 6.6 km away. Chanan is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumaria (3.5 km), Tola Dumaria (3.5 km) and Tola Paharjangal (4.5 km).

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

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