About Ban Village

Ban is a large village in Campierganj tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,643, made up of 1,916 males and 1,727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Campierganj
Pincode	273165
Area (hectares)	241 hectares
Population	3,643
Male Population	1,916
Female Population	1,727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban compares

By the 2011 count Ban is the 30th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ban

Ban is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ban as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Ban from other places

Ban lies about 26 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahawan Khor, about 6.6 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
Nearest railway station	Mahawan Khor	6.6 km
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Campierganj	26 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	26 km

Villages closest to Ban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban village had a population of 3,643. That makes it the 30th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Ban village has 1,916 males and 1,727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Ban is 273165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ban falls under Campierganj tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban is Mahawan Khor, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance for Ban.

Ban is about 26 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban is in Campierganj tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Mahawan Khor is about 6.6 km away. Mehndāwal is about 10 km away. Campierganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.