About Nawahdih Village

Nawahdih is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 164 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawahdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawahdih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	89.02 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	164
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
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 Nawahdih compares

By the 2011 count Nawahdih is the 190th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 89.02 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 988.

Getting to Nawahdih

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

Nawahdih 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 Nawahdih
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	22 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Nawahdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawahdih village had a population of 303. That makes it the 190th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Nawahdih village has 164 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawahdih has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Nawahdih is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawahdih covers 89.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawahdih falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nawahdih 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nawahdih.

Nawahdih 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.

Nawahdih is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 19 km away. Jarmundi is about 22 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.