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About Zanjiya Village

Zanjiya is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,208, made up of 578 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.81 hectares hectares.

Zanjiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Zanjiya village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Goregaon
Area (hectares) 359.81 hectares
Population 1,208
Male Population 578
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Zanjiya compares

By the 2011 count Zanjiya is the 42nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 359.81 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Zanjiya

Zanjiya 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 Zanjiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Zanjiya from other places

Zanjiya lies about 12 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 4.1 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 Zanjiya
Tehsil headquarters Goregaon 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 4.1 km
District headquarters Gondiya 12 km
Nearest town Gondiā 12 km

Villages closest to Zanjiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Zanjiya village had a population of 1,208. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Zanjiya village has 578 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Zanjiya has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Zanjiya covers 359.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Zanjiya falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Zanjiya is Hirdamali, about 4.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Zanjiya.

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

Zanjiya is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Goregaon is about 2.8 km away. Hirdamali is about 4.1 km away. Gondiya 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 Bote (1.6 km), Sarvatola (1.6 km) and Dawdipar (2.0 km).

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

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