About Sijua Village

Sijua is a large village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,700, made up of 1,319 males and 1,381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 886 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sijua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sijua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Pincode	828205
Area (hectares)	886 hectares
Population	2,700
Male Population	1,319
Female Population	1,381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
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 Sijua compares

By the 2011 count Sijua is the 12th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 886 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sijua

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

Sijua lies about 10 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Tata Sijua Halt, 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 Sijua
Nearest town	Sijua	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Tata Sijua Halt	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	10 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	10 km

Villages closest to Sijua

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 Sijua

As per the Census of India 2011, Sijua village had a population of 2,700. That makes it the 12th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Sijua village has 1,319 males and 1,381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sijua has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sijua is 828205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sijua covers 886 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sijua is Tata Sijua Halt, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sijua.

Sijua is about 10 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sijua is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Sijua is about under 2 km away. Tata Sijua Halt is about under 2 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.