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About Banka Village

Banka is a mid sized village in Beejoliya tehsil, in the district of Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 567 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3169.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 311602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bhilwara
Tehsil Beejoliya
Pincode 311602
Area (hectares) 3169.45 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 567
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banka compares

By the 2011 count Banka is the 22nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 681 residents. Its 3169.45 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1007.

Getting to Banka

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

Banka lies about 18 km from Bhilwara. 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 Banka
Tehsil headquarters Beejoliya 18 km
District headquarters Bhilwara 18 km

Villages closest to Banka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 681 residents.

Banka village has 567 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Banka is 311602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banka covers 3169.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banka falls under Beejoliya tehsil of Bhilwara district in Rajasthan.

The census record for Banka notes the nearest railway station 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 Banka.

Banka is about 18 km from Bhilwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka is in Beejoliya tehsil of Bhilwara district. Beejoliya is about 18 km away. Bhilwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shopura (5.2 km), Bhagwanpura (6.7 km) and Patiyal (9.5 km).

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

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