About Baghjant Village

Baghjant is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 67 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baghjant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baghjant village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	73.09 hectares
Population	140
Male Population	67
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baghjant compares

By the 2011 count Baghjant is the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 73.09 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Baghjant

Baghjant is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baghjant as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Baghjant from other places

Baghjant lies about 65 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, 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 Baghjant
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	19 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	28 km
District headquarters	Giridih	65 km

Villages closest to Baghjant

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baghjant village had a population of 140. That makes it the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Baghjant village has 67 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baghjant has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Baghjant is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baghjant covers 73.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baghjant falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baghjant is Maheshpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Baghjant.

Baghjant is about 65 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baghjant is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.2 km away. Maheshpur is about 19 km away. Kodarma is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.