About Banda Village

Banda is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 82 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	835221
Area (hectares)	154.17 hectares
Population	153
Male Population	82
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 154.17 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

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 5 - 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 15 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 4.7 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	Lodhma	4.7 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	18 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Namkum 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 153. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Banda village has 82 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Banda is 835221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banda covers 154.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banda falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Lodhma, about 4.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banda.

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

Banda is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Lodhma is about 4.7 km away. Ranchi is about 15 km away. Namkum is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.