About Bandu Village

Bandu is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,300, made up of 695 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	303.37 hectares
Population	1,300
Male Population	695
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandu compares

By the 2011 count Bandu is the 9th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 303.37 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Bandu

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

Bandu lies about 18 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 48 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 Bandu
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	18 km
District headquarters	Chatra	18 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	48 km

Villages closest to Bandu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandu village had a population of 1,300. That makes it the 9th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Bandu village has 695 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandu has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

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

Bandu covers 303.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bandu falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandu is Kathautia, about 48 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bandu.

Bandu is about 18 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandu is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 18 km away. Chatra is about 18 km away. Chatrā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.