| Bano | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.6528°N 84.9218°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 5072 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages * |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 835201 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/ STD code |
| Area Code: | 06525 |
| Registration Plate: | JH 20 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 76.63% |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Bano is a village in the Bano CD block in the Simdega subdivision of the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Bano is located at 22.6528°N 84.9218°W
In the area presented in the map alongside, "the landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau" in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. About 32% of the district is covered with forests (mark the shaded portions in the map.) It is an overwhelmingly rural area with 92.83% of the population living in the rural areas. A major portion of the rural population depends on rain-fed agriculture (average annual rainfall: 1,100-1,200 mm) for a living.[1]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
There is a police station at Bano.[2] The headquarters of Bano CD block are located at Bano village.[3]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bano had a total population of 5,072, of which 2,493 (49%) were males and 2,579 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 738. The total number of literate persons in Bano was 3,321 (76.63% of the population over 6 years.[4]
(*For language details see Bano block#Language and religion)
Bano railway station is on the Hatia-Rourkela line.[5]
S.S. High School Bano is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1949. It has facilities for teaching in class VI to class XII. The school has a playground and a library with 309 books.[6]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching in class VI to class XII. The school has a playground and a library with 405 books and has 6 computers for teaching and learning purposes.[7]
Project Girls High School Bano is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching in class VI to class X. The school has a playground and a library with 1,353 books.[8]
There is a Community Health Centre (hospital) at Bano.[9]