About Banda Village

Banda is a mid sized village in Jirapur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 998, made up of 496 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.48 hectares hectares.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Jirapur
Area (hectares)	598.48 hectares
Population	998
Male Population	496
Female Population	502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the 54th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 598.48 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Banda

Banda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banda as Available within village. 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 Banda from other places

Banda lies about 47 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 44 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jirapur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jhalarapatan	44 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	47 km

Villages closest to Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jirapur 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 998. That makes it the 54th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Banda village has 496 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Banda covers 598.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banda falls under Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Jhalarapatan, about 44 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Banda.

Banda is about 47 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Jirapur is about 16 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 44 km away. Rajgarh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.