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About Magurdih Village

Magurdih is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 167 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magurdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magurdih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jama
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 342
Male Population 167
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
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 Magurdih compares

By the 2011 count Magurdih is the 152nd largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Magurdih

Magurdih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Magurdih 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. The nearest villages by name are Lilatari, Lodhna, Machadih and Madhuban. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Magurdih

As per the Census of India 2011, Magurdih village had a population of 342. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Magurdih village has 167 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magurdih has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Magurdih is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magurdih covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magurdih falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Magurdih notes the nearest railway station 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 Magurdih.

Magurdih is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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