About Sijua Village

Sijua is a mid sized village in Amrapara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,157, made up of 616 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sijua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sijua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Amrapara
Pincode	816104
Area (hectares)	530.03 hectares
Population	1,157
Male Population	616
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sijua compares

By the 2011 count Sijua is the 16th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 530.03 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 995.

Getting to Sijua

Sijua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sijua as Available within village. 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 Sijua from other places

Sijua lies about 23 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Tilbhita, about 24 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 Sijua
Tehsil headquarters	Amrapara	11 km
District headquarters	Pakur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Tilbhita	24 km

Villages closest to Sijua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sijua village had a population of 1,157. That makes it the 16th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Sijua village has 616 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sijua has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Sijua is 816104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sijua covers 530.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sijua falls under Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sijua is Tilbhita, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sijua.

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

Sijua is in Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district. Amrapara is about 11 km away. Pakur is about 23 km away. Tilbhita is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.