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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Banka<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = no<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Bihar<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.88|N|86.92|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bihar Government Banner.png}} [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Division<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bhagalpur division|Bhagalpur]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Banka district|Banka]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = State Government<br />
| governing_body = Government of India<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 79<br />
| population_total = 45,977<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name=CSDOffLang1950>{{cite web |title=The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950 |url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act&rule/Act1english.pdf |date=1950 |website=Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413072041/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act%26rule/Act1english.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=7 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/><br />
| demographics1_title3 = Regional&nbsp;<br />
| demographics1_info3 = [[Angika]]<ref name="mha.nic.in">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010536/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 813102<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91 6424<br />
| registration_plate = BR-51<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1.17 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = <br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = <br />
| website = {{URL|https://banka.nic.in}}<br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-BR]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| subdivision_name4 = [[Anga (region)|Ang Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type4 = Region<br />
}}<br />
'''Banka''' is a city and a [[municipality]] serving as district headquarters. The city is historically very important because of [[Mandar Parvat|Mandar Hill]] where [[Samudra Manthana|Samudra Manthan]] has been occurred by Hindu rituals. The district was formed on 21 February 1991. It is a part of [[Anga (region)|Anga region]] of Bihar.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archivedate=2004-06-16 |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |accessdate=2008-11-01 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead }}</ref> Banka had a population of 35,416, with 54% males and 46% females. The average literacy rate was 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%, with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate; 16% of the population was under 6 years of age.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Bhagalpur Division}}<br />
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[[Category:Banka, Bihar| ]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Anga Desh]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Banka district]]<br />
[[Category:Subdivisions of Bhagalpur division]]</div>
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