Banga, India

Banga
Banga city
city
Banga
Banga

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°11′N 75°59′E / 31.19°N 75.99°E / 31.19; 75.99Coordinates: 31°11′N 75°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[Minister of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji]
Government
 • Type Democratic
Elevation 237 m (778 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 21,809
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144 505
Telephone code 01823
Sex ratio 52:48 ♂/♀

Banga (not to be confused with Banga, Pakistan), is a city and Municipal council in the Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab, India. Banga is also one of the sub-division (tehsil) headquarters of the district. It is located on the Punjab Plain. It is currently estimated to have a population of about 23,000 and is classified as a class 2 Municipality. The city also incorporates the former village of Jindowal apart from Banga town.

Geography

Banga is approximately 325 km from New Delhi, 100 km from the state capital Chandigarh, 104 km from Amritsar and 1400 km from Mumbai. It is in the northwest part of India; a few hundred kilometers 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 road with Nawanshahr on one side and with Phagwara on the GT Road on the other side. It is located on the main Amritsar-Phagwara-Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar-Chandigarh and Amritsar-Phagwara-Banga-Garhshankar-Anandpur Sahib route on NH-1.

The Main Road of Banga

Demographics

In 1961, Banga's population was 10,212. It grew to 11,885 by 1971. As of 2001 India census,[1] Banga had a population of 21,809 of which 52% were men. 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. 10% of the population is under the age of six. Banga is a Tehsil with a post of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) & a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM). A large number of properties in the town and in the surrounding villages are owned by NRIs who increase the population of the area on a seasonal basis.

History

Modern

Banga is divided into 3 quadrants named after Baba Gola Ji's sons, namely Patti Dall Singh Tungal gate, Patti Sagar gate and Patti Begh Singh Masanda gate.

Important sites

Education

Senior secondary schools

Colleges

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.

By rail

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

By air

The nearly airports from the towns are

Nearby cities

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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