About Jhajhawa Village

Jhajhawa is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 739, made up of 393 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.67 hectares hectares.

Jhajhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhajhawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	24.67 hectares
Population	739
Male Population	393
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
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 Jhajhawa compares

By the 2011 count Jhajhawa is the 275th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 24.67 hectares work out to about 30 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 993.

Getting to Jhajhawa

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

Jhajhawa lies about 11 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Unaula, about 4.5 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 Jhajhawa
Nearest railway station	Unaula	4.5 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	28 km

Villages closest to Jhajhawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhajhawa village had a population of 739. That makes it the 275th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Jhajhawa village has 393 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhajhawa has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Jhajhawa covers 24.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jhajhawa falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jhajhawa is Unaula, about 4.5 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 Jhajhawa.

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

Jhajhawa is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Unaula is about 4.5 km away. Gorakhpur is about 11 km away. Khajni is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.