About Banki Kalan Village

Banki Kalan is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,329, made up of 684 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banki Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banki Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	82.03 hectares
Population	1,329
Male Population	684
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banki Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Banki Kalan is the 28th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 82.03 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Banki Kalan

Banki Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banki Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Banki Kalan from other places

Banki Kalan lies about 23 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 21 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 Banki Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	14 km
Nearest railway station	Vidyasagar	21 km
District headquarters	Giridih	23 km

Villages closest to Banki Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gande 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 Banki Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Banki Kalan village had a population of 1,329. That makes it the 28th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Banki Kalan village has 684 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banki Kalan has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Banki Kalan is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banki Kalan covers 82.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banki Kalan falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banki Kalan is Vidyasagar, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banki Kalan.

Banki Kalan is about 23 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banki Kalan is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 14 km away. Vidyasagar is about 21 km away. Giridih is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.