About Banda Village

Banda is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 687 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671.44 hectares hectares.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	671.44 hectares
Population	1,354
Male Population	687
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 37th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 671.44 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 954.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 19 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patohan, about 8.4 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	Patohan	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	19 km
District headquarters	Katni	19 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	19 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murwara 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 1,354. That makes it the 37th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Banda village has 687 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Banda covers 671.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banda falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Patohan, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Banda is about 19 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Patohan is about 8.4 km away. Murwara is about 19 km away. Katni is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.