About Bandai Village

Bandai is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 149 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	105.55 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	149
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
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 Bandai compares

By the 2011 count Bandai is the 140th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 105.55 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 945.

Getting to Bandai

Bandai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bandai 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 Bandai from other places

Bandai lies about 43 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 12 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 Bandai
Nearest railway station	New Giridih	12 km
Nearest town	Giridih	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	28 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	43 km

Villages closest to Bandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandai village had a population of 273. That makes it the 140th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Bandai village has 149 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandai has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Bandai is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandai covers 105.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bandai falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandai is New Giridih, about 12 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 Bandai.

Bandai is about 43 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandai is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. New Giridih is about 12 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Devipur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.