About Bijang Village

Bijang is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 501, made up of 263 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	501
Male Population	263
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
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 Bijang compares

By the 2011 count Bijang is the 58th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 960.

Getting to Bijang

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

Bijang lies about 25 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.4 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 Bijang
Nearest railway station	Jhanjhitoli Halt	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	5.0 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	25 km

Villages closest to Bijang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijang village had a population of 501. That makes it the 58th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Bijang village has 263 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijang has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Bijang is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijang covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bijang falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bijang is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.4 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 Bijang.

Bijang is about 25 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijang is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Jhanjhitoli Halt is about 4.4 km away. Ormanjhi is about 5.0 km away. Rāmgarh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.