About Banda Village

Banda is one of the larger villages in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20,689, made up of 10,886 males and 9,803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.35 hectares hectares.

Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banda village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	815.35 hectares
Population	20,689
Male Population	10,886
Female Population	9,803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Banda compares

By the 2011 count Banda is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 815.35 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Banda

Banda 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 Banda 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banda from other places

Banda lies about 28 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nigohi, about 4.7 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 Banda
Nearest railway station	Nigohi	4.7 km
Nearest town	Pawāyan	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	28 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	28 km

Villages closest to Banda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banda village had a population of 20,689. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Banda village has 10,886 males and 9,803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banda has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Banda covers 815.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banda falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banda is Nigohi, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Banda is about 28 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banda is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Nigohi is about 4.7 km away. Pawāyan is about 20 km away. Powayan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.