About Banduan Village

Banduan is a mid sized village in Barabazar tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,688, made up of 823 males and 865 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banduan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banduan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Barabazar
Pincode	723128
Area (hectares)	340.74 hectares
Population	1,688
Male Population	823
Female Population	865
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banduan compares

By the 2011 count Banduan is the 15th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 340.74 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Banduan

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

Banduan lies about 52 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Asanboni, about 27 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 Banduan
Tehsil headquarters	Barabazar	22 km
Nearest town	Ghorabandha	27 km
Nearest railway station	Asanboni	27 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	52 km

Villages closest to Banduan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banduan village had a population of 1,688. That makes it the 15th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Banduan village has 823 males and 865 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banduan has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Banduan is 723128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banduan covers 340.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banduan falls under Barabazar tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banduan is Asanboni, about 27 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 village for Banduan.

Banduan is about 52 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banduan is in Barabazar tehsil of Puruliya district. Barabazar is about 22 km away. Ghorabandha is about 27 km away. Asanboni is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.