About Bana Village

Bana is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 579 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	832107
Area (hectares)	438 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	579
Female Population	582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Bana compares

By the 2011 count Bana is the 15th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 438 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Bana

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

Bana lies about 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 12 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 Bana
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Birbans	12 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	20 km

Villages closest to Bana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bana village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 15th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Bana village has 579 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bana has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Bana is 832107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bana covers 438 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bana falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bana is Birbans, about 12 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 Bana.

Bana is about 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bana is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Gobindpur is about 7.1 km away. Birbans is about 12 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.