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Banka district

district of Bihar, India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q43097

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
district of India
Official website
banka.bih.nic.in[8]
Native label
Banka[14]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 24.883°, 86.919°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Bhagalpur division[2]
Shares border with
Bhagalpur district, Dumka district[5][6]

Population and size

Area
+3018[16]
Female population
+967623[12]
Male population
+1067140[13]
Population
+1608773, +2034763[9][10]
More facts +8
Short name
BNK[15]
Capital
Banka[4]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: India/Bihar/Banka
Illiterate population
+1069442[19]
Literate population
+965321[20]
Number of households
+381601[11]
Rural population
+1963450[18]
Urban population
+71313[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Banka district de Banka fa بخش بانکا fr district de Banka hi बांका जिला it distretto di Banka ja バーンカー県 ru Банка sv Banka (distrikt) zh 班卡縣 zh-hans 班卡县
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee visiting the Guru Shyam Charan Lahiri Peeth, Gurudham-Bounsi, at Banka District, in Bihar on April 03, 2017.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q43097
Freebase ID
/m/08f4xl
GeoNames ID
8858072
INaturalist place ID
32088
Indian census area code (2011)
225
LGD District Code
190
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1972075
Topic's main category
Category:Banka district
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Banka", "Bihar", "India"}]

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 3
Banka, Amarpur, Mandar Parvat
Shares border with 2
Bhagalpur district, Dumka district
← Shares border with 2
Bhagalpur district, Dumka district
Capital 1
Banka
Country 1
India
Instance of 1
district of India
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Bhagalpur division
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:30
Topic's main category 1
Category:Banka district
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Banka district
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Bhagalpur division
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Summary

Banka district is a district of India[1].

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . local government in India. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · SHADOWARROW 2026 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bhagalpur division
    Male population → {'amount': '+1067140'}
    Female population → {'amount': '+967623'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 24.8829, 'lon': 86.919}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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