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About Jokani Maqo Village

Jokani Maqo is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 32 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 719 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jokani Maqo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jokani Maqo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816129
Area (hectares) 81.21 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 32
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 719
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 Jokani Maqo compares

By the 2011 count Jokani Maqo is the 166th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 81.21 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 992.

Getting to Jokani Maqo

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

Jokani Maqo lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 6.4 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 Jokani Maqo
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 17 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 32 km

Villages closest to Jokani Maqo

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 Jokani Maqo

As per the Census of India 2011, Jokani Maqo village had a population of 55. That makes it the 166th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Jokani Maqo village has 32 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jokani Maqo has about 719 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Jokani Maqo is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jokani Maqo covers 81.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jokani Maqo falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jokani Maqo is Tinpahar Junction, about 6.4 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 Jokani Maqo.

Jokani Maqo is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jokani Maqo is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 6.4 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jokani Bedo (under 2 km), Kochlo (under 2 km) and Ketekbera (under 2 km).

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

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