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About Jharatwa Village

Jharatwa is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 328 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.6 hectares hectares.

Jharatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jharatwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Ramnagar
Area (hectares) 122.6 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 328
Female Population 262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jharatwa compares

By the 2011 count Jharatwa is the 92nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents. Its 122.6 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 938.

Getting to Jharatwa

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

How far is Jharatwa from other places

Jharatwa lies about 31 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Harinagar, about 10 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 Jharatwa
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 9.6 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Harinagar 10 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 31 km

Villages closest to Jharatwa

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

Common questions about Jharatwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Jharatwa village had a population of 590. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents.

Jharatwa village has 328 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jharatwa has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Jharatwa covers 122.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jharatwa falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jharatwa is Harinagar, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Jharatwa.

Jharatwa is about 31 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jharatwa is in Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Ramnagar is about 9.6 km away. Rāmnagar is about 9.6 km away. Harinagar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meghwal (under 2 km), Mathiya (under 2 km) and Bakwa (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jharatwa today is likely to be higher.

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