About Jawar Village

Jawar is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 93 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jawar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	93
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
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 Jawar compares

By the 2011 count Jawar is the 45th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Jawar

Jawar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jawar 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 Jawar from other places

Jawar lies about 17 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 19 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 Jawar
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	8.5 km
District headquarters	Latehar	17 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	19 km

Villages closest to Jawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jawar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 45th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Jawar village has 93 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jawar has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Jawar is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jawar covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jawar falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jawar is Kusmahi, about 19 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 Jawar.

Jawar is about 17 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jawar is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 8.5 km away. Latehar is about 17 km away. Lātehār is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.