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About Ban Gaon Village

Ban Gaon is a mid sized village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 796, made up of 377 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.71 hectares hectares.

Ban Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 89.71 hectares
Population 796
Male Population 377
Female Population 419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ban Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ban Gaon is the 224th largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 89.71 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Ban Gaon

Ban Gaon 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 Ban Gaon 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Gaon from other places

Ban Gaon lies about 13 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Phariha, about 9.5 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 Ban Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Phariha 9.5 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 13 km

Villages closest to Ban Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nizamabad 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 Ban Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Gaon village had a population of 796. That makes it the 224th largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Ban Gaon village has 377 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Gaon has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Ban Gaon covers 89.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ban Gaon falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Gaon is Phariha, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Ban Gaon is about 13 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Gaon is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Nizamabad is about 4.2 km away. Phariha is about 9.5 km away. Azamgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramnipur (under 2 km), Pohipur (under 2 km) and Jamin Paliya (under 2 km).

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

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