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About Shamjotchhit Village

Shamjotchhit is a small village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 101 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shamjotchhit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shamjotchhit village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Pincode 816105
Area (hectares) 125 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 101
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shamjotchhit compares

By the 2011 count Shamjotchhit is the 111th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Shamjotchhit

Shamjotchhit is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shamjotchhit as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Salapur, Salema, Satgachhi and Satrampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shamjotchhit

As per the Census of India 2011, Shamjotchhit village had a population of 181. That makes it the 111th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Shamjotchhit village has 101 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shamjotchhit has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Shamjotchhit is 816105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shamjotchhit covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shamjotchhit falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shamjotchhit.

Shamjotchhit is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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