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About Nahan Chak Village

Nahan Chak is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 5 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahan Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Thakurgangti
Pincode 813208
Area (hectares) 16.5 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 5
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 600
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nahan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Nahan Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 16.5 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Nahan Chak

Nahan Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nahan Chak as Available within 5 - 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 Nahan Chak from other places

Nahan Chak lies about 45 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 11 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 Nahan Chak
Tehsil headquarters Thakurgangti 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Mirza Cheuki Railway Station 11 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 19 km
District headquarters Godda 45 km

Villages closest to Nahan Chak

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 Nahan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahan Chak village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Nahan Chak village has 5 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahan Chak has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Nahan Chak is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahan Chak covers 16.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nahan Chak falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nahan Chak is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nahan Chak.

Nahan Chak is about 45 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nahan Chak is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 5.5 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 11 km away. Sāhibganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naya Chak (under 2 km), Itwa Milik (under 2 km) and Kolbadda (under 2 km).

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

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