About Bandua Village

Bandua is a small village in Chinia tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 181 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Chinia
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	551.64 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	181
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
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 Bandua compares

By the 2011 count Bandua is the 27th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents. Its 551.64 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Bandua

Bandua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bandua 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bandua from other places

Bandua lies about 18 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 19 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 Bandua
Tehsil headquarters	Chinia	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	18 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	19 km

Villages closest to Bandua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandua village had a population of 339. That makes it the 27th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents.

Bandua village has 181 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandua has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Bandua is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandua covers 551.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandua falls under Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandua is Meralgram, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bandua.

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

Bandua is in Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district. Chinia is about 18 km away. Garhwa is about 18 km away. Meralgram is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.