About Jaynagar Village

Jaynagar is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 435 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaynagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaynagar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	147.73 hectares
Population	806
Male Population	435
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
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 Jaynagar compares

By the 2011 count Jaynagar is the 75th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 147.73 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 1012.

Getting to Jaynagar

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

Jaynagar lies about 27 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 11 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 Jaynagar
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Chatra	11 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	15 km
District headquarters	Pakur	27 km

Villages closest to Jaynagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaynagar village had a population of 806. That makes it the 75th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Jaynagar village has 435 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaynagar has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Jaynagar is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaynagar covers 147.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jaynagar falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jaynagar is Chatra, about 11 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 Jaynagar.

Jaynagar is about 27 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaynagar is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 8.0 km away. Chatra is about 11 km away. Nalhāti is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.