About Ganjra Village

Ganjra is a mid sized village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,408, made up of 704 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Chaibasa
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	407.77 hectares
Population	1,408
Male Population	704
Female Population	704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Ganjra compares

By the 2011 count Ganjra is the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 407.77 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Ganjra

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

Ganjra lies about 9.5 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 8.9 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 Ganjra
Nearest railway station	Singhpokharia	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaibasa	9.4 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	9.4 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	9.5 km

Villages closest to Ganjra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjra village had a population of 1,408. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Ganjra village has 704 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjra has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Ganjra is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganjra covers 407.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganjra falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ganjra is Singhpokharia, about 8.9 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 Ganjra.

Ganjra is about 9.5 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganjra is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 8.9 km away. Chaibasa is about 9.4 km away. Chāībāsa is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.