About Rajan Village

Rajan is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 415 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	178 hectares
Population	845
Male Population	415
Female Population	430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajan compares

By the 2011 count Rajan is the 28th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 178 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Rajan

Rajan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rajan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rajan from other places

Rajan lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 19 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 Rajan
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	19 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	25 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	25 km

Villages closest to Rajan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajan village had a population of 845. That makes it the 28th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Rajan village has 415 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajan has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Rajan is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajan covers 178 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajan falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rajan is Kalian Chak, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Rajan.

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

Rajan is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 4.4 km away. Kalian Chak is about 19 km away. Sahibganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.