About Banga Village

Banga is a small village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 226 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banga village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144521
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	226
Female Population	209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banga compares

By the 2011 count Banga is the 124th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Banga

Banga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banga 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banga from other places

Banga 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 Banga
Nearest town	Banga	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	32 km

Villages closest to Banga

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 Banga

As per the Census of India 2011, Banga village had a population of 435. That makes it the 124th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Banga village has 226 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banga has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Banga is 144521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banga covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Banga notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banga.

Banga 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.

Banga 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.