About Nanan Village

Nanan is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 328 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares.

Nanan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nanan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	48 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	328
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nanan compares

By the 2011 count Nanan is the 108th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Nanan

Nanan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nanan as Available within 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 Nanan from other places

Nanan lies about 27 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 13 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 Nanan
Nearest railway station	Bela	13 km
Nearest town	Purāini	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	27 km
District headquarters	Banka	27 km

Villages closest to Nanan

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

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Common questions about Nanan

As per the Census of India 2011, Nanan village had a population of 605. That makes it the 108th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Nanan village has 328 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nanan has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Nanan covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nanan falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nanan is Bela, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nanan.

Nanan is about 27 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nanan is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 13 km away. Purāini is about 19 km away. Dhuraiya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.