About Atgawan Village

Atgawan is a mid sized village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,525, made up of 763 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Atgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atgawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	816119
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	1,525
Male Population	763
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
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 Atgawan compares

By the 2011 count Atgawan is the 13th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Atgawan

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

Atgawan lies about 49 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 8.3 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 Atgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	8.3 km
Nearest town	Farakka	19 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	49 km

Villages closest to Atgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Atgawan village had a population of 1,525. That makes it the 13th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Atgawan village has 763 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atgawan has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Atgawan is 816119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Atgawan covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Atgawan falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Atgawan is Barharwa Junction, about 8.3 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 Atgawan.

Atgawan is about 49 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Atgawan is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 6.6 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 8.3 km away. Farakka is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.