# Banku Village, Sonahatu, Ranchi (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Sonahatu, Ranchi 

# Banku

Banku is a village in Sonahatu sub-district of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835225**. The 2011 Census counted **1,128 people in 248 households**, the 23rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 1,128people (2011)
- 248households
- 65.2%literacy
- 835225PIN code

## Banku PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Banku is 835225.** Banku falls in Sonahatu sub-district, Ranchi district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835225
- Gram panchayatHarin
- Community development blockSonahatu
- Census village code373917

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Banku from nearby towns?

- Sonahatu (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Ranchi (district HQ)70 km by road
- Bundu (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Banku?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Banku; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bundu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bundu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bundu
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Banku known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 33% of the 276 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Banku

Of every 100 households in Banku in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banku · ■ Sonahatu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Banku?

■ Banku · ■ Sonahatu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**946

Working population ****52.1%**

**56.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 49.9% for women. 50% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 137 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 429 (73%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sonahatu

- Serenghatu1,186 people
- Tetwadih1,183 people
- Garadih1,181 people
- Loadih1,163 people
- Baredih974 people
- Buruhatu Sundrup945 people
- Baluadih939 people
- Erramhatu921 people

[All 64 villages in Sonahatu](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/ranchi/sonahatu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Banku?835225
- How far is Banku from Ranchi?70 km by road
- What is the population of Banku?1,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banku in?Ranchi district (Sonahatu sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banku?65.2% (Census 2011)