About Banda Village

Banda is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 101 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	841 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	101
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
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 Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 52nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 841 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Banda

Banda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banda from other places

Banda lies about 32 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 42 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	Kunda	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	32 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	32 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	42 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kunda 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 209. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Banda village has 101 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 841 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banda falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Balumath, about 42 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 Banda.

Banda is about 32 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 32 km away. Chatrā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.