About Sahijana Village

Sahijana is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 559 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahijana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahijana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	452 hectares
Population	1,019
Male Population	559
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
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 Sahijana compares

By the 2011 count Sahijana is the 38th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 452 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1004.

Getting to Sahijana

Sahijana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sahijana 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 Sahijana from other places

Sahijana lies about 26 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, 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 Sahijana
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	18 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	19 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	22 km
District headquarters	Gumla	26 km

Villages closest to Sahijana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahijana village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 38th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Sahijana village has 559 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahijana has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sahijana is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahijana covers 452 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahijana falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sahijana is Lohardaga, 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sahijana.

Sahijana is about 26 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahijana is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 18 km away. Lohārdagā is about 19 km away. Lohardaga is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.