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Banda, Madhya Pradesh

Indian city

Town in Madhya Pradesh, India

24°02′26″N 78°57′44″E / 24.04056°N 78.96222°E / 24.04056; 78.96222Country

IndiaStateMadhya PradeshDistrictSagarElevation

358 m (1,175 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total30,923Languages

• OfficialHindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN code

470335

ISO 3166 codeIN-MPVehicle registrationMP15

Banda is city and a Nagar panchayat in Sagar district of Madhya pradesh in India. Banda also a tehsil headquarter in Sagar.

Geography

Banda is loceted on 24°02′N 78°58′E / 24.04°N 78.96°E / 24.04; 78.96.^[1] Banda has an average elevation of 508 metres (1669 ft).

Demographics

Population

The Banda Nagar Panchayat has population of 30,923 of which 15,962 are males while 14,961 are females as Census India 2011.^[2]

Sex ratio

Banda Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 937 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Banda is around 991 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918.

Literacy rate

Banda city is 82.80 % higher than state average of 69.32 %. In Banda, Male literacy is around 89.75 % while female literacy rate is 75.31 %.

Places of interest

Neminagar Jain Tirth is in Banda tehsil located 30 km from Sagar on National Highway NH-86. It was built in the name of Aacharya Shri 108 Nemisagar ji maharaj by the blessings of his disciple aacharya 108 shri dayasagar ji maharaj. This temple has one choubisi (24 tirthankars god on 24 different altars), one levitated trikal choubisi (Lords of time passes, the time now and time to be), and a navagraha mandir (Lords of nine planets).^[3]