Banga, India
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 Banga
Banga
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| Coordinates: 31°11′N 75°59′E / 31.19°N 75.99°ECoordinates: 31°11′N 75°59′E / 31.19°N 75.99°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| District | Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Founded by | Baba Gola Ji[Minister of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji] |
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| • 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.
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.
In 1961, Banga's population was 10,212. It grew to 11,885 by 1971. As of 2001[update] India census, 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.
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