About Banajang Village

Banajang is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 342 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banajang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banajang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	220 hectares
Population	677
Male Population	342
Female Population	335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Banajang compares

By the 2011 count Banajang is the 50th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Banajang

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

Banajang lies about 14 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 5.3 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 Banajang
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	5.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	14 km

Villages closest to Banajang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banajang village had a population of 677. That makes it the 50th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Banajang village has 342 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banajang has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Banajang is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banajang covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banajang falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banajang is Meralgram, about 5.3 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 Banajang.

Banajang is about 14 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banajang is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 4.5 km away. Meralgram is about 5.3 km away. Garhwa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.