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About Moti Jharna Village

Moti Jharna is a large village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,107, made up of 1,654 males and 1,453 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares.

Moti Jharna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moti Jharna village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Area (hectares) 117 hectares
Population 3,107
Male Population 1,654
Female Population 1,453
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Moti Jharna compares

By the 2011 count Moti Jharna is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Moti Jharna

Moti Jharna is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Moti Jharna as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Moti Jharna from other places

Moti Jharna lies about 11 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Maharajpur, about under 2 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 Moti Jharna
Nearest railway station Maharajpur under 2 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 11 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 15 km

Villages closest to Moti Jharna

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 Moti Jharna

As per the Census of India 2011, Moti Jharna village had a population of 3,107. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Moti Jharna village has 1,654 males and 1,453 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moti Jharna has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Moti Jharna covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Moti Jharna falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Moti Jharna is Maharajpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Moti Jharna.

Moti Jharna is about 11 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moti Jharna is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Maharajpur is about under 2 km away. Sahibganj is about 11 km away. Sāhibganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Motijharna (under 2 km), Maharajpur Bazar (under 2 km) and Banskola (1.6 km).

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

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