About Jhajha Village

Jhajha is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 429 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347 hectares hectares.

Jhajha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhajha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	347 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	429
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Jhajha compares

By the 2011 count Jhajha is the 54th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 347 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Jhajha

Jhajha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jhajha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhajha from other places

Jhajha lies about 120 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 4.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jhajha
Nearest railway station	Kusheshwar Asthan	4.5 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	24 km
District headquarters	Banka	120 km

Villages closest to Jhajha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanan tehsil.

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 Jhajha

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhajha village had a population of 774. That makes it the 54th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Jhajha village has 429 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhajha has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Jhajha covers 347 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhajha falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jhajha is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jhajha.

Jhajha is about 120 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhajha is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 4.5 km away. Bakhri is about 20 km away. Chanan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.