About Jolahbigha Village

Jolahbigha is a mid sized village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 344 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jolahbigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jolahbigha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	142 hectares
Population	618
Male Population	344
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
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 Jolahbigha compares

By the 2011 count Jolahbigha is the 71st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 949.

Getting to Jolahbigha

Jolahbigha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jolahbigha 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 Jolahbigha from other places

Jolahbigha lies about 128 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 23 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 Jolahbigha
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	34 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	36 km
District headquarters	Chatra	128 km

Villages closest to Jolahbigha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jolahbigha village had a population of 618. That makes it the 71st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Jolahbigha village has 344 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jolahbigha has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Jolahbigha is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jolahbigha covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jolahbigha falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jolahbigha is Satbahini, about 23 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 Jolahbigha.

Jolahbigha is about 128 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jolahbigha is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Satbahini is about 23 km away. Pratappur is about 34 km away. Husainābād is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.