Banda, Uttar Pradesh

Banda
City
from top: Banda Railway Station, Bhuragarh fort, St.George's CNI Church, Maheshwari Devi Temple, Kalinjar Fort (old picture)
Banda is located in Uttar Pradesh
Banda
Banda
Banda is located in India
Banda
Banda
Coordinates: 25°29′N 80°20′E / 25.483°N 80.333°E / 25.483; 80.333
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBanda
Government
 • BodyBanda Municipality Council[1]
 • Chairman[2]Malati Basu (BJP)
Area
 • Total443.1 km2 (171.1 sq mi)
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total154,428
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[4]
 • Additional officialUrdu[4]
 • OtherEnglish, Bundelkhandi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
210001
Telephone code91-5192
Vehicle registrationUP-90
Sex ratio881[3] /
Literacy82.05%
Websitebanda.nic.in

Banda is a city and a municipal board in Banda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Banda is divided among north, east, west and south Banda. Banda lies south of the Yamuna river in the Bundelkhand region. It is the administrative headquarters of Banda District. The town is well connected to major cities with railways and state highways. The town is near the right bank of the river Ken,[5] 189 km south-west of Allahabad.[citation needed]

Banda was a town and district of British India, in the Allahabad division of the United Provinces. The population in 1901 was 22,565. It was formerly, but is no longer, a military cantonment.[5]

  1. ^ "DISTRICT BANDA". banda.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ राय, ऐश्वर्य कुमार (3 May 2023). "UP Nikay Chunav: क्या बांदा में तीसरी बार महिला चेयरमैन बनाने में कामयाब होगी BJP? मत विभाजन हुआ तो चौंकाने वाले नतीजे". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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