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About Joya Village

Joya is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 43 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816115
Area (hectares) 88.16 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 43
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 767
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Joya compares

By the 2011 count Joya is the 144th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 88.16 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Joya

The census records public bus service for Joya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Joya from other places

Joya lies about 12 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.5 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 Joya
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 9.2 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 12 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 12 km

Villages closest to Joya

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 Joya

As per the Census of India 2011, Joya village had a population of 76. That makes it the 144th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Joya village has 43 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joya has about 767 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 Joya is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joya covers 88.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Joya falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Joya is Karanpurato, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 km distance for Joya.

Joya is about 12 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joya is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.5 km away. Taljhari is about 9.2 km away. Sahibganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behra (under 2 km), Danga (under 2 km) and Dangatuk Pahar (under 2 km).

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

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