About Jikthan Village

Jikthan is a mid sized village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,893, made up of 951 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.8 hectares hectares.

Jikthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jikthan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Gangapur
Area (hectares)	800.8 hectares
Population	1,893
Male Population	951
Female Population	942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jikthan compares

By the 2011 count Jikthan is the 38th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 800.8 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Jikthan

Jikthan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jikthan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ibrahimpur, Ismailpur, Itawa and Jambhala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jikthan

As per the Census of India 2011, Jikthan village had a population of 1,893. That makes it the 38th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Jikthan village has 951 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jikthan has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Jikthan covers 800.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jikthan falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Jikthan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jikthan.

Jikthan is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.