Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Bihar
- Division
- Bhagalpur
- Headquarters
- Banka
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Banka
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Banka , Belhar , Amarpur , Katoria , Dhoraiya
- Total
- 3,020 km (1,170 sq mi)
- Density
- 674/km (1,750/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 58.17%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Postal index number
- 813101-813102
- Std code
- 06424
- Vehicle registration
- BR-51
- Average annual precipitation
- 1200 mm
- Website
- banka .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bhagalpur division
- Capital
- Banka
- Population
- 2034763
- Area
- 3018
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Dumka district
- Official website
- banka.bih.nic.in
- Households
- 381601
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- topic's main category
- Category:Banka district
- male population
- 1067140
- female population
- 967623
- urban population
- 71313
- rural population
- 1963450
- literate population
- 965321
- illiterate population
- 1069442
- native label
- Banka
- short name
- BNK
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Banka district (/ˈbɑːŋkə/) is a district in the southeastern region of the Indian state of Bihar. It is a part of Bhagalpur division. The district headquarters of Banka is situated in Banka town. The district was established on 21 February 1991.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banka district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.