About Jhangat Village

Jhangat is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 286 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 755 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares.

Jhangat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhangat village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dumaria
Area (hectares)	199 hectares
Population	502
Male Population	286
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	755
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhangat compares

By the 2011 count Jhangat is the 77th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 931.

Getting to Jhangat

Jhangat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jhangat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhangat from other places

Jhangat lies about 77 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 38 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 Jhangat
Tehsil headquarters	Dumaria	4.3 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kajrat Nawadih	38 km
District headquarters	Gaya	77 km

Villages closest to Jhangat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhangat village had a population of 502. That makes it the 77th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents.

Jhangat village has 286 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhangat has about 755 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Jhangat covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhangat falls under Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jhangat is Kajrat Nawadih, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jhangat.

Jhangat is about 77 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhangat is in Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district. Dumaria is about 4.3 km away. Nabīnagar is about 33 km away. Kajrat Nawadih is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.