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About Anjna Village

Anjna is a mid sized village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,151, made up of 613 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.72 hectares hectares.

Anjna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjna village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Mahagama
Area (hectares) 231.72 hectares
Population 1,151
Male Population 613
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anjna compares

By the 2011 count Anjna is the 50th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 231.72 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 952.

Getting to Anjna

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

Anjna lies about 24 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 22 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 Anjna
Tehsil headquarters Mahagama 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Ghogha 22 km
District headquarters Godda 24 km

Villages closest to Anjna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjna village had a population of 1,151. That makes it the 50th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Anjna village has 613 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjna has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Anjna covers 231.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anjna falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Anjna is Ghogha, about 22 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 and private bus service as Available for Anjna.

Anjna is about 24 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anjna is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 6.6 km away. Ghogha is about 22 km away. Godda is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hasan Karharia (under 2 km), Manian Karharia (under 2 km) and Bhartha Chak (under 2 km).

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

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