About Bana Village

Bana is a mid sized village in Nawa Bazar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 583, made up of 293 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Nawa Bazar
Pincode	822124
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	583
Male Population	293
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
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 Bana compares

By the 2011 count Bana is the 27th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,088 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Bana

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

Bana lies about 23 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 16 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 Bana
Nearest town	Kathhāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawa Bazar	23 km
District headquarters	Palamu	23 km

Villages closest to Bana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawa Bazar 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 Bana

As per the Census of India 2011, Bana village had a population of 583. That makes it the 27th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,088 residents.

Bana village has 293 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bana has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Bana is 822124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bana covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bana falls under Nawa Bazar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bana is Jarangdih, about 16 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 Bana.

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

Bana is in Nawa Bazar tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 14 km away. Jarangdih is about 16 km away. Nawa Bazar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.