# Banda Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Banda

Banda is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **20,689 people in 3,631 households**, the 1st largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 20,689people (2011)
- 3,631households
- 59.1%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banda

Of every 100 households in Banda in 2011, 28 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Banda · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**69%

Tap water ****51%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**90%

Use banking services ****59%**

**77%

Television ****32%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**14%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 Banda?

■ Banda · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**916

Working population ****27.9%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 49.6% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,052 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,056 (18%) · **■** Household industry 88 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,436 (25%) · **■** Marginal 2,132 (37%)

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 Powayan

- Nahil Khas6,074 people
- Baragaon5,900 people
- Sindhauli5,812 people
- Nabhichi4,564 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banda?20,689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banda in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Banda?59.1% (Census 2011)