About Banka Village

Banka is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 101 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	815351
Area (hectares)	70.62 hectares
Population	201
Male Population	101
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banka compares

By the 2011 count Banka is the 174th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 70.62 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 961.

Getting to Banka

Banka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banka 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banka from other places

Banka lies about 103 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Banka, about 1.9 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 Banka
Nearest town	Bānka	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Banka	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	35 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	103 km

Villages closest to Banka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka village had a population of 201. That makes it the 174th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Banka village has 101 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Banka is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banka covers 70.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banka falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banka is Banka, about 1.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banka.

Banka is about 103 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Bānka is about under 2 km away. Banka is about 1.9 km away. Narayanpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.