Banga, India

This article is about the town in India. For Village in Pakistan, see Banga, Pakistan.

Banga
Town
Banga Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Banga Banga (India) Show map of India Banga Banga (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 31°11′N75°59′E / 31.19°N 75.99°E / 31.19; 75.99
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Founded by	Baba Gola Ji
Government
• Type	Democratic
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	20,906
Language
• Official	Punjabi [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144 505
Telephone code	01823
Vehicle registration	PB 78
Sex ratio	52:48 ♂/♀

Banga is a town and Municipal council in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab, India. Banga is also one of the sub-division (tehsil) headquarters of the district. Banga is located on Phagwara-Rupnagar section of National Highway 344A (Earlier State Highway 18 of Punjab). It is currently estimated to have a population of about 23,000 and is classified as a class 2 Municipality. The town also incorporates the former village of Jindowal apart from Banga town.

History

As per History Banga was founded by Chaudhary Chuhar mal Maan a Sakhi Sarwaria Jatt who came from mansa he was contemporary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji and he Held 60-70 Villages as jagir and paid revenue to Delhi emperors ^[3]

Geography

Banga is approximately 325 km from New Delhi, 100 km from the state capital Chandigarh, 104 km from Amritsar, 45 km from Jalandhar and 1400 km from Mumbai. It is in the northwest part of India; a few hundred kilometres south of Kashmir and to the west of the Himalayan foothills of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. On a clear day, the snow-clad peaks of the Dhauladhar range are visible in the distant horizon. The Banga Railway station is located on the Jalandhar City/Jaijon Doaba Line of the Northern Railway at 13 km from Nawanshahr, 43 km from Jalandhar, and 45 km from Ludhiana. It is also linked by National Highway 344A with Nawanshahr and Phagwara Grand Trunk Road.

The Main Road of Banga

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Banga had a total population of 20,906, of which 10,712 were males and 10,194 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,154. The total number of literates in Banga was 15,880, which constituted 75.9% of the population with male literacy of 78.7% and female literacy of 73.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Banga was 84.7%, of which male literacy rate was 87.7% and female literacy rate was 81.5%. The Scheduled Castes population was 7,166. Banga had 4401 households in 2011. ^[1]

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, Banga had a population of 18,892 of which 9,810 were men and 9,082 were women. Banga has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 79% of the males and 73% of females literate. 1,949 of the population was in the age range of 0-6 years. ^[4]

In 1961, Banga's population was 10,212. It grew to 11,885 by 1971.^{[ citation needed ]}

Administration

Banga is a tehsil with a post of DSP and a SDM.^{[ clarification needed ]} A large number of properties in the town and in the surrounding villages are owned by non-resident Indians.

Transport

By Road

There is large network of bus service of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal, PEPSU & private operators. The city has its own bus stand. and Private car service also

By Rail

The Banga railway station is connected to mainly its own villages and also to neighbouring cities.

• Jalandhar
• Phagwara
• Nawashahar (SSB Nagar)
• Jaijon
• Chaheru
• Jalandhar cantt
• Garhshankar
• Amritsar

By Air

The nearly airports from the towns are

• Adampur Airport-AIP (45 km)
• Ludhiana Airport-LDH (71.9 km)
• Chandigarh Airport-IXC (106.7 km)
• Guru Ramdas International Airport, Amritsar-ATQ (139.7 km)
• Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi-DEL (350.2 km

References

1. "Census of India: Banga". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "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 29 March 2019.
3. Government of Punjab (1908). Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XIV A. Jullundur District, with maps, 1904. Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press.
4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

External links

• Weather For Banga, India