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About Janghira Village

Janghira is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 65 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.9 hectares hectares.

Janghira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janghira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Thakurgangti
Area (hectares) 29.9 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 65
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Janghira compares

By the 2011 count Janghira is the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 29.9 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 981.

Getting to Janghira

Janghira is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Janghira as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janghira from other places

Janghira lies about 42 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 14 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 Janghira
Tehsil headquarters Thakurgangti 3.3 km
Nearest railway station Mirza Cheuki Railway Station 14 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 23 km
District headquarters Godda 42 km

Villages closest to Janghira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Janghira village had a population of 123. That makes it the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Janghira village has 65 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janghira has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Janghira covers 29.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janghira falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janghira is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Janghira.

Janghira is about 42 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janghira is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 3.3 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 14 km away. Sāhibganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budhasan (under 2 km), Patha Chak (under 2 km) and Pathak Chak (under 2 km).

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

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