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About Banga Village

Banga is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 4 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144505, 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 Nawanshahr
Pincode 144505
Area (hectares) 647 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 4
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Banga compares

By the 2011 count Banga is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 647 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Banga

Banga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banga 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 village. 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 Nawanshahr 14 km

Villages closest to Banga

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

Common questions about Banga

As per the Census of India 2011, Banga village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Banga village has 4 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banga has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Banga is 144505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banga covers 647 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Banga notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village 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 Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Banga is about under 2 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 9.8 km away. Nawanshahr is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hamirowal (under 2 km), Khatkar Khurd (under 2 km) and Sotran (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banga today is likely to be higher.

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