About Banda Village

Banda is one of the larger villages in Gola tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,730, made up of 2,894 males and 2,836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Tehsil	Gola
Pincode	829110
Area (hectares)	1146 hectares
Population	5,730
Male Population	2,894
Female Population	2,836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents. Its 1146 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 957.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banda from other places

Banda lies about 21 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Gola Road, about 7.5 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gola	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Gola Road	7.5 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	7.6 km
District headquarters	Ramgarh	21 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gola 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 5,730. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents.

Banda village has 2,894 males and 2,836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 829110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 1146 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banda falls under Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Gola Road, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banda.

Banda is about 21 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district. Gola is about 7.2 km away. Gola Road is about 7.5 km away. Chitarpur is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.