About Banku Village

Banku is a mid sized village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 557 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banku village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	275.82 hectares
Population	1,128
Male Population	557
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banku compares

By the 2011 count Banku is the 23rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 275.82 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Banku

Banku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banku as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Banku from other places

Banku lies about 50 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Torang, about 14 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 Banku
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Torang	14 km
Nearest town	Būndu	18 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	50 km

Villages closest to Banku

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonahatu 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 Banku

As per the Census of India 2011, Banku village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Banku village has 557 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banku has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Banku is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banku covers 275.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banku falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banku is Torang, about 14 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 village for Banku.

Banku is about 50 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banku is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Sonahatu is about 6.7 km away. Torang is about 14 km away. Būndu is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.