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About Tilaiya Village

Tilaiya is a small village in Katamdag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 219 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tilaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilaiya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Katamdag
Pincode 825301
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 424
Male Population 219
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
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 Tilaiya compares

By the 2011 count Tilaiya is the 35th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Tilaiya

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

Tilaiya lies about 9.7 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 6.0 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 Tilaiya
Nearest railway station Kansar Nawadah 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Katamdag 9.7 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 9.7 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 9.7 km

Villages closest to Tilaiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilaiya village had a population of 424. That makes it the 35th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Tilaiya village has 219 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilaiya has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Tilaiya is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tilaiya covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilaiya falls under Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tilaiya is Kansar Nawadah, about 6.0 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 Tilaiya.

Tilaiya is about 9.7 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilaiya is in Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kansar Nawadah is about 6.0 km away. Katamdag is about 9.7 km away. Hazaribagh is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultana (under 2 km), Meyatu (1.5 km) and Salga (1.6 km).

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

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