About Banbad Village

Banbad is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 123 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banbad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banbad village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	114.95 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	123
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banbad compares

By the 2011 count Banbad is the 171st largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 114.95 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Banbad

Banbad is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banbad as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Bagdumi, Baghmara, Baghraydih and Bajarmara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Banbad

As per the Census of India 2011, Banbad village had a population of 248. That makes it the 171st largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Banbad village has 123 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banbad has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Banbad is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banbad covers 114.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banbad falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Banbad notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Banbad.

Banbad is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.