About Nawadih Village

Nawadih is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 158 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	93.37 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	158
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawadih compares

By the 2011 count Nawadih is the 188th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 93.37 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 Nawadih

Nawadih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nawadih as Available within village. 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 Nawadih from other places

Nawadih lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 19 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 Nawadih
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	27 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Nawadih

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 Nawadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawadih village had a population of 285. That makes it the 188th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Nawadih village has 158 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawadih has about 804 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 Nawadih is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawadih covers 93.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawadih falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawadih is Dhanpatdih, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nawadih.

Nawadih is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawadih is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 19 km away. Jama is about 27 km away. Madhupur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.