About Banga Village

Banga is a mid sized village in Peterwar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,211, made up of 606 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares.

Banga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Peterwar
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	1,211
Male Population	606
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banga compares

By the 2011 count Banga is the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Banga

Banga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banga 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 Banga from other places

Banga lies about 30 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 16 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 Banga
Nearest town	Kathhāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peterwar	30 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	30 km

Villages closest to Banga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banga village had a population of 1,211. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents.

Banga village has 606 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banga has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Banga covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banga falls under Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banga is Jarangdih, about 16 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 Banga.

Banga is about 30 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banga is in Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kathhāra is about 14 km away. Jarangdih is about 16 km away. Peterwar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.