About Banda Village

Banda is a small village in Churchu tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 223 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Churchu
Pincode	835336
Area (hectares)	560.91 hectares
Population	458
Male Population	223
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
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 Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 29th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 560.91 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 974.

Getting to Banda

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

Banda lies about 25 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Danea, about 14 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 Banda
Nearest railway station	Danea	14 km
Nearest town	Kuju	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Churchu	24 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	25 km

Villages closest to Banda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banda village had a population of 458. That makes it the 29th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Banda village has 223 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 835336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 560.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banda falls under Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Danea, about 14 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 Banda.

Banda is about 25 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Danea is about 14 km away. Kuju is about 22 km away. Churchu is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.