About Bahinga Village

Bahinga is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 180 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahinga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahinga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	180
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
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 Bahinga compares

By the 2011 count Bahinga is the 169th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 986.

Getting to Bahinga

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

Bahinga lies about 40 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, 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 Bahinga
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	16 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	35 km
District headquarters	Dumka	40 km

Villages closest to Bahinga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahinga village had a population of 321. That makes it the 169th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Bahinga village has 180 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahinga has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Bahinga is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahinga covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bahinga falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bahinga is Madankata Railway Station, 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 Bahinga.

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

Bahinga is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Madankata Railway Station is about 16 km away. Jāmtāra is about 24 km away. Jama is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.