About Jangal Village

Jangal is a small village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 127 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares.

Jangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangal village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	127
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jangal compares

By the 2011 count Jangal is the 107th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Jangal

Jangal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jangal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jangal from other places

Jangal lies about 28 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 20 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 Jangal
Nearest town	Amarpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	28 km
District headquarters	Banka	28 km

Villages closest to Jangal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shambhuganj 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 Jangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangal village had a population of 234. That makes it the 107th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Jangal village has 127 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangal has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Jangal covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jangal falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jangal is Kamarganj, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Jangal is about 28 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jangal is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Amarpur is about 18 km away. Kamarganj is about 20 km away. Shambhuganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.