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Map of Banga, India
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.
Contents
- Map of Banga India
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- Geography
- Demographics
- Modern
- Important sites
- Education
- Senior secondary schools
- Colleges
- By road
- By rail
- By air
- Nearby cities
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- References

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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.
Demographics

In 1961, Banga's population was 10,212. It grew to 11,885 by 1971. As of 2001 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.
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. Banga is also hub for very educated NRI's from khalsa school charan Kanwal and Sikh national collage. Also Banga area has Many Bubbers( freedom fighters) like Dalip Singh Gosal, S karam Singh, Master Kabul Singh Gobindpur, and many more, people like my own father who was a freedom fighter (jathedar Lachhman Singh 'Hakimpur') who spent many years of his young age in jails during the freedom struggle of India. My father was good fried of S.Bhagat Singh,they were,from the same villaage in Pakistan and only a year younger than him.
Important sites
Education
Senior secondary schools
Colleges
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