About Bandabar Village

Bandabar is a small village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 149 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandabar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	149
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,168
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandabar compares

By the 2011 count Bandabar is the 106th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Bandabar

Bandabar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bandabar as Available within 5 - 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 Bandabar from other places

Bandabar lies about 52 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 2.5 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 Bandabar
Nearest railway station	Akashi	2.5 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	34 km
District headquarters	Gumla	52 km

Villages closest to Bandabar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandabar village had a population of 323. That makes it the 106th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Bandabar village has 149 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandabar has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Bandabar is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandabar covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandabar falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bandabar is Akashi, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bandabar.

Bandabar is about 52 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandabar is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Akashi is about 2.5 km away. Lohārdagā is about 15 km away. Ghaghra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.