About Banua Village

Banua is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 354 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822133
Area (hectares)	419 hectares
Population	672
Male Population	354
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banua compares

By the 2011 count Banua is the 51st 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 419 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 953.

Getting to Banua

Banua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banua 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banua from other places

Banua lies about 15 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 6.1 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 Banua
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	7.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	15 km

Villages closest to Banua

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 Banua

As per the Census of India 2011, Banua village had a population of 672. That makes it the 51st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Banua village has 354 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banua has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Banua is 822133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banua covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banua falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banua is Meralgram, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Banua is about 15 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banua is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 6.1 km away. Meral is about 7.2 km away. Garhwa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.