About Banua Village

Banua is a mid sized village in Nauhatta tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,112, made up of 577 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342 hectares hectares.

Banua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Nauhatta
Area (hectares)	342 hectares
Population	1,112
Male Population	577
Female Population	535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banua compares

By the 2011 count Banua is the 27th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,447 residents. Its 342 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Banua

Banua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banua 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banua from other places

Banua lies about 47 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 6.1 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 Banua
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	6.1 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nauhatta	34 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	47 km

Villages closest to Banua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banua village had a population of 1,112. That makes it the 27th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,447 residents.

Banua village has 577 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banua has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Banua covers 342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banua falls under Nauhatta tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banua is Meralgram, about 6.1 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 village for Banua.

Banua is about 47 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banua is in Nauhatta tehsil of Rohtas district. Meralgram is about 6.1 km away. Garhwa is about 15 km away. Nauhatta is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.