About Jhaba Village

Jhaba is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 54 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhaba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhaba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	15.25 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	54
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Jhaba compares

By the 2011 count Jhaba is the 117th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 15.25 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Jhaba

Jhaba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jhaba 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 Jhaba from other places

Jhaba lies about 61 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Jhaba
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	19 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	33 km
District headquarters	Giridih	61 km

Villages closest to Jhaba

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 Jhaba

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhaba village had a population of 102. That makes it the 117th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Jhaba village has 54 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhaba has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Jhaba covers 15.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Jhaba falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jhaba is Dhanwar, 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 Jhaba.

Jhaba is about 61 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhaba is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 4.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 19 km away. Kodarma is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.