About Banda Village

Banda is a small village in Mandu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 173 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825316, 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	Mandu
Pincode	825316
Area (hectares)	497.27 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	173
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 61st largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents. Its 497.27 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Banda

Banda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. 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 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 24 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 5.0 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	Charhi	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandu	7.5 km
Nearest town	Kuju	15 km
District headquarters	Ramgarh	24 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandu 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 343. That makes it the 61st largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents.

Banda village has 173 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 825316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 497.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banda falls under Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Charhi, about 5.0 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 Banda.

Banda is about 24 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 Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Charhi is about 5.0 km away. Mandu is about 7.5 km away. Kuju is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.