About Sehal Village

Sehal is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 525 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sehal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sehal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	380 hectares
Population	1,104
Male Population	525
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sehal compares

By the 2011 count Sehal is the 29th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Sehal

Sehal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sehal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sehal from other places

Sehal lies about 23 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 34 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 Sehal
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.7 km
District headquarters	Gumla	23 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	23 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	34 km

Villages closest to Sehal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sehal village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 29th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Sehal village has 525 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sehal has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Sehal is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sehal covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sehal falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sehal is Lohardaga, about 34 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 10+ km distance for Sehal.

Sehal is about 23 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sehal is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.7 km away. Gumla is about 23 km away. Gumlā is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.