About Banda Village

Banda is a mid sized village in Shivaji Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,810, made up of 960 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Shivaji Nagar
Pincode	848209
Area (hectares)	198 hectares
Population	1,810
Male Population	960
Female Population	850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 33rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

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 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banda from other places

Banda lies about 31 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 15 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	Shivaji Nagar	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Biraul	15 km
Nearest town	Benipur	18 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	31 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shivaji Nagar 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 Banda

As per the Census of India 2011, Banda village had a population of 1,810. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents.

Banda village has 960 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 848209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banda falls under Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Biraul, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Banda is about 31 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Shivaji Nagar is about 6.6 km away. Biraul is about 15 km away. Benipur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.