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About Plasgachhi Village

Plasgachhi is a mid sized village in Udhwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,636, made up of 852 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Plasgachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Plasgachhi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Udhwa
Pincode 816108
Area (hectares) 593.68 hectares
Population 1,636
Male Population 852
Female Population 784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
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 Plasgachhi compares

By the 2011 count Plasgachhi is the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents. Its 593.68 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Plasgachhi

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

Plasgachhi lies about 39 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Rajmahal, about 9.5 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 Plasgachhi
Tehsil headquarters Udhwa 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Rajmahal 9.5 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 9.7 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 39 km

Villages closest to Plasgachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Plasgachhi village had a population of 1,636. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,278 residents.

Plasgachhi village has 852 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Plasgachhi has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Plasgachhi is 816108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Plasgachhi covers 593.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Plasgachhi falls under Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Plasgachhi is Rajmahal, about 9.5 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 Plasgachhi.

Plasgachhi is about 39 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Plasgachhi is in Udhwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Udhwa is about 4.3 km away. Rajmahal is about 9.5 km away. Rājmahal is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khasmahal (1.6 km), Kakri Bandh Bona (2.2 km) and Udhaua Diara (2.6 km).

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

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