About Jhakhra Village

Jhakhra is one of the larger villages in Sarairanjan tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,617, made up of 5,590 males and 5,027 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhakhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhakhra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Sarairanjan
Pincode	848127
Area (hectares)	588 hectares
Population	10,617
Male Population	5,590
Female Population	5,027
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jhakhra compares

By the 2011 count Jhakhra is the 6th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents. Its 588 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Jhakhra

Jhakhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhakhra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jhakhra from other places

Jhakhra lies about 13 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Ujiyarpur, about 6.2 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 Jhakhra
Tehsil headquarters	Sarairanjan	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Ujiyarpur	6.2 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	13 km
Nearest town	Samāstipur	13 km

Villages closest to Jhakhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhakhra village had a population of 10,617. That makes it the 6th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,787 residents.

Jhakhra village has 5,590 males and 5,027 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhakhra has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Jhakhra is 848127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhakhra covers 588 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jhakhra falls under Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jhakhra is Ujiyarpur, about 6.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jhakhra.

Jhakhra is about 13 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhakhra is in Sarairanjan tehsil of Samastipur district. Sarairanjan is about 2.8 km away. Ujiyarpur is about 6.2 km away. Samastipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.