About Sijhua Village

Sijhua is a small village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 211 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sijhua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sijhua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	511 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	211
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
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 Sijhua compares

By the 2011 count Sijhua is the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 511 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Sijhua

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

Sijhua lies about 13 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 12 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 Sijhua
Nearest railway station	Padma	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	13 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	13 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	13 km

Villages closest to Sijhua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sijhua village had a population of 435. That makes it the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Sijhua village has 211 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sijhua has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Sijhua is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sijhua covers 511 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sijhua falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sijhua is Padma, about 12 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 Sijhua.

Sijhua is about 13 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sijhua is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Padma is about 12 km away. Barkatha is about 13 km away. Hazaribagh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.