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About Madang Jahir Village

Madang Jahir is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 982, made up of 511 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madang Jahir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madang Jahir village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Sonua
Pincode 833105
Area (hectares) 174.01 hectares
Population 982
Male Population 511
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Madang Jahir compares

By the 2011 count Madang Jahir is the 29th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 174.01 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Madang Jahir

The census records public bus service for Madang Jahir as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madang Jahir from other places

Madang Jahir lies about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum. 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 Madang Jahir
Tehsil headquarters Sonua 2.0 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 17 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 18 km

Villages closest to Madang Jahir

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonua 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 Madang Jahir

As per the Census of India 2011, Madang Jahir village had a population of 982. That makes it the 29th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Madang Jahir village has 511 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madang Jahir has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Madang Jahir is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madang Jahir covers 174.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madang Jahir falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Madang Jahir notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Madang Jahir.

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

Madang Jahir is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 2.0 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 17 km away. Chakradharpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjira (under 2 km), Mahisabera (under 2 km) and Banua (under 2 km).

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

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