About Banka Village

Banka is a mid sized village in Sagri tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,233, made up of 640 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.05 hectares hectares.

Banka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Sagri
Area (hectares)	147.05 hectares
Population	1,233
Male Population	640
Female Population	593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banka compares

By the 2011 count Banka is the 210th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 147.05 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Banka

Banka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banka as Available within 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 Banka from other places

Banka lies about 30 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 18 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 Banka
Tehsil headquarters	Sagri	16 km
Nearest town	Chillupār	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dohrighat	18 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	30 km

Villages closest to Banka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka village had a population of 1,233. That makes it the 210th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Banka village has 640 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Banka covers 147.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banka falls under Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banka is Dohrighat, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banka.

Banka is about 30 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka is in Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district. Sagri is about 16 km away. Chillupār is about 18 km away. Dohrighat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.