About Band Village

Band is a mid sized village in Gudha Malani tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,951, made up of 1,048 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1471.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Band Overview

Census 2011 figures for Band village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Gudha Malani
Pincode	344033
Area (hectares)	1471.96 hectares
Population	1,951
Male Population	1,048
Female Population	903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Band compares

By the 2011 count Band is the 28th largest of the 511 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 1471.96 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Band

Band is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Band as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Band from other places

Band lies about 12 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Utarlai, about 3.7 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 Band
Nearest railway station	Utarlai	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudha Malani	12 km
District headquarters	Barmer	12 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	12 km

Villages closest to Band

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gudha Malani 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 Band

As per the Census of India 2011, Band village had a population of 1,951. That makes it the 28th largest of the 511 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Band village has 1,048 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Band has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Band is 344033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Band covers 1471.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Band falls under Gudha Malani tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Band is Utarlai, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Band.

Band is about 12 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Band is in Gudha Malani tehsil of Barmer district. Utarlai is about 3.7 km away. Gudha Malani is about 12 km away. Barmer is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.