About Banua Village

Banua is a mid sized village in Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,178, made up of 618 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Nilambar Pitambarpur
Pincode	822118
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	1,178
Male Population	618
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
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 Banua compares

By the 2011 count Banua is the 31st largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 871 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Banua

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

Banua lies about 32 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Chichaki, about 5.4 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 Banua
Nearest railway station	Chichaki	5.4 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nilambar Pitambarpur	32 km
District headquarters	Palamu	32 km

Villages closest to Banua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nilambar Pitambarpur 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 Banua

As per the Census of India 2011, Banua village had a population of 1,178. That makes it the 31st largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 871 residents.

Banua village has 618 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banua has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Banua is 822118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banua covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banua falls under Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banua is Chichaki, about 5.4 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 Banua.

Banua is about 32 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banua is in Nilambar Pitambarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Chichaki is about 5.4 km away. Barki Saria is about 7.4 km away. Nilambar Pitambarpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.