About Gajhanda Village

Gajhanda is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 29 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajhanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajhanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Mohanpur
Pincode	814113
Area (hectares)	32.02 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	29
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
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 Gajhanda compares

By the 2011 count Gajhanda is the 303rd largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 32.02 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Gajhanda

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

Gajhanda lies about 92 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 16 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 Gajhanda
Tehsil headquarters	Mohanpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	16 km
Nearest town	Colgong	18 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	92 km

Villages closest to Gajhanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajhanda village had a population of 62. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Gajhanda village has 29 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajhanda has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gajhanda is 814113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajhanda covers 32.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajhanda falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gajhanda is Ekchari, about 16 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 Gajhanda.

Gajhanda is about 92 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajhanda is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Mohanpur is about 11 km away. Ekchari is about 16 km away. Colgong is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.