About Bana Village

Bana is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,980, made up of 1,062 males and 918 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	634 hectares
Population	1,980
Male Population	1,062
Female Population	918
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bana compares

By the 2011 count Bana is the 12th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 634 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Bana

Bana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bana 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 5 - 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 9.8 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar. 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
Nearest town	Banga	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	32 km

Villages closest to Bana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balachaur 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 1,980. That makes it the 12th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Bana village has 1,062 males and 918 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bana has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Bana is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bana covers 634 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bana falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The census record for Bana notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bana.

Bana is about 9.8 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bana is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Banga is about under 2 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 9.8 km away. Balachaur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.