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About Ban Gaon Village

Ban Gaon is a large village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,704, made up of 1,453 males and 1,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Pincode 242221
Area (hectares) 509.94 hectares
Population 2,704
Male Population 1,453
Female Population 1,251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ban Gaon is the 38th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 509.94 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 831.

Getting to Ban Gaon

Ban Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ban Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Gaon from other places

Ban Gaon lies about 45 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Shamsabad, about 21 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 Jalalabad 15 km
Nearest town Jalālābād 15 km
Nearest railway station Shamsabad 21 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 45 km

Villages closest to Ban Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalalabad 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 2,704. That makes it the 38th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Ban Gaon village has 1,453 males and 1,251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Gaon has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 831.

The pincode recorded for Ban Gaon is 242221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Gaon covers 509.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ban Gaon falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Gaon is Shamsabad, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Ban Gaon.

Ban Gaon is about 45 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Gaon is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalalabad is about 15 km away. Jalālābād is about 15 km away. Shamsabad is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarai Ta Bangaon (under 2 km), Doshpur Thok (under 2 km) and Sadikpur Jaitpur (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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