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About Anjo Village

Anjo is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 72 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anjo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Devipur
Pincode 814152
Area (hectares) 33.16 hectares
Population 140
Male Population 72
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anjo compares

By the 2011 count Anjo is the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 33.16 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Anjo

Anjo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anjo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Anjo from other places

Anjo lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.6 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 Anjo
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 2.6 km
Nearest town Giridih 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Devipur 24 km
District headquarters Deoghar 40 km

Villages closest to Anjo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjo village had a population of 140. That makes it the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Anjo village has 72 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjo has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Anjo is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anjo covers 33.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anjo falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Anjo is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.6 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 village for Anjo.

Anjo is about 40 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anjo is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 2.6 km away. Giridih is about 12 km away. Devipur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahadurpur (under 2 km), Dumarjor (2.3 km) and Muratari (3.2 km).

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

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