tyle="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Location Advantage
Banka is strategically located very near to the source of Raw material for heavy industries. Its proximity to Jharkhand (bordering Deoghar, Dumka, Godda) and perennial river like Chandan makes it a very strong contender for coal based Power Plant investment and other heavy Industry.
A railway line connecting existing BHAGALPUR-BOUNSI line to Rampurhat, which is well connected to Howrah, is coming up which will be a boon for investment due to proximity to port and reach to domestic market and a line connecting Sultanganj to Jasidih through Banka is also being developed.
Tourism Industry
Gradually turning in to a religious tourism hotspot for Hindu/Jain. Old MANDAR PARVAT (also known as Mandarachar Parvat in Puraan) is very mystic and has many places to visit. A jain temple at the summit in close proximity to a Vishnu temple is a sign of religious tolerance. An initiative of celebrating MANDAR MAHOTSAV was taken by Govt. of India (inaugurated by Late Digvijay Singh and closing ceremony attended by the Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhavat) but could not be continued later. Though every year in January Bounsi Mela is organised, which depicts the vibrant village life of Mandar region. A Rath Yatra procession of Lord Madhusudan is taken out every year the same day Puri Rath Yatra procession is taken out. Fourteenth-century great saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu started this Rath yatra during his visit to this holy land of Mandar
