About Bank Village

Bank is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 72 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bank Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bank village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	25 hectares
Population	133
Male Population	72
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bank compares

By the 2011 count Bank is the 237th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 987.

Getting to Bank

Bank is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bank as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bank from other places

Bank lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 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 Bank
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	25 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Bank

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bank village had a population of 133. That makes it the 237th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Bank village has 72 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bank has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Bank covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bank falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bank is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bank.

Bank is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bank is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 25 km away. Jāmtāra is about 29 km away. Masalia is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.