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About Banka Jura Village

Banka Jura is a small village in Gangajalghati tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 26 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banka Jura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka Jura village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Gangajalghati
Pincode 722133
Area (hectares) 106.06 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 26
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banka Jura compares

By the 2011 count Banka Jura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 106.06 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Banka Jura

Banka Jura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banka Jura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Jura from other places

Banka Jura lies about under 2 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Bankura Jn., about 1.6 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 Banka Jura
District headquarters Bankura under 2 km
Nearest town Bānkura under 2 km
Nearest railway station Bankura Jn. 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangajalghati 21 km

Villages closest to Banka Jura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka Jura village had a population of 50. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Banka Jura village has 26 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka Jura has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Banka Jura is 722133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banka Jura covers 106.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banka Jura falls under Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banka Jura is Bankura Jn., about 1.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banka Jura.

Banka Jura is about under 2 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka Jura is in Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district. Bankura is about under 2 km away. Bānkura is about under 2 km away. Bankura Jn. is about 1.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maldanga (3.4 km), Jam Bedya (15 km) and Jambedya (15 km).

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

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