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About Banjhaj Jogiatikar Village

Banjhaj Jogiatikar is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 80 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjhaj Jogiatikar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gande
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 45 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 80
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjhaj Jogiatikar compares

By the 2011 count Banjhaj Jogiatikar is the 207th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Banjhaj Jogiatikar

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

Banjhaj Jogiatikar lies about 17 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 8.8 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 Banjhaj Jogiatikar
Tehsil headquarters Gande 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt 8.8 km
District headquarters Giridih 17 km

Villages closest to Banjhaj Jogiatikar

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

Common questions about Banjhaj Jogiatikar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjhaj Jogiatikar village had a population of 160. That makes it the 207th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar village has 80 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjhaj Jogiatikar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Banjhaj Jogiatikar is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banjhaj Jogiatikar is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 8.8 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 village for Banjhaj Jogiatikar.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar is about 17 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjhaj Jogiatikar is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 3.8 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 8.8 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manjhidih (under 2 km), Ahardih (under 2 km) and Guhilo (under 2 km).

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

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