About Sawnajara Village

Sawnajara is a mid sized village in Jaldega tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 418 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466.39 hectares hectares.

Sawnajara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawnajara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Jaldega
Area (hectares)	466.39 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	418
Female Population	370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawnajara compares

By the 2011 count Sawnajara is the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 466.39 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1013.

Getting to Sawnajara

Sawnajara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sawnajara as Available within 5 - 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 Sawnajara from other places

Sawnajara lies about 28 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 12 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 Sawnajara
Tehsil headquarters	Jaldega	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kanaroan	12 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	17 km
District headquarters	Simdega	28 km

Villages closest to Sawnajara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawnajara village had a population of 788. That makes it the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Sawnajara village has 418 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawnajara has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Sawnajara covers 466.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sawnajara falls under Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sawnajara is Kanaroan, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sawnajara.

Sawnajara is about 28 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawnajara is in Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district. Jaldega is about 4.6 km away. Kanaroan is about 12 km away. Birmitrapur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.