About Banda Village

Banda is a mid sized village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 651 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	437.62 hectares
Population	1,268
Male Population	651
Female Population	617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 437.62 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Banda

Banda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. 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 5 - 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 15 km from Lohardaga, 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 Banda
Nearest railway station	Akashi	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandra	7.9 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	15 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	15 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhandra 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 1,268. That makes it the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Banda village has 651 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 437.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banda falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Akashi, about 2.5 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 10+ km distance for Banda.

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

Banda is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Akashi is about 2.5 km away. Bhandra is about 7.9 km away. Lohardaga is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.