About Bhagaband Village

Bhagaband is a large village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,087, made up of 1,062 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares.

Bhagaband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagaband village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	378 hectares
Population	2,087
Male Population	1,062
Female Population	1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhagaband compares

By the 2011 count Bhagaband is the 33rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhagaband as Available within 5 - 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 Bhagaband from other places

Bhagaband lies about 8.5 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Bhaga, about under 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 Bhagaband
Nearest railway station	Bhaga	under 2 km
Nearest town	Jāmadoba	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	8.5 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	8.5 km

Villages closest to Bhagaband

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Bhagaband

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagaband village had a population of 2,087. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Bhagaband village has 1,062 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagaband has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Bhagaband covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhagaband falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhagaband is Bhaga, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bhagaband.

Bhagaband is about 8.5 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhagaband is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Bhaga is about under 2 km away. Jāmadoba is about under 2 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.