Mahulia | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
Coordinates: | 22.6502°N 86.4163°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | East Singhbhum |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 93 |
Population Total: | 2492 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages* |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 832304 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
Area Code: | 0657 |
Registration Plate: | JH 05 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 79.29% |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Mahulia is a village in the Ghatshila CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, India.
It is located at 22.6502°N 86.4163°W at an elevation of 93 m from MSL.[1]
It is about 30 km from Jamshedpur. It has its own railway station which serves mainly local trains.
There is a barrage across the Subarnekha River at Galudih.
The area shown in the map “forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is a hilly upland tract”. The main rivers draining the district are the Subarnarekha and the Kharkai.[2] The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas.[3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Mahuliya had a total population of 2,492, of which 1,251 (50%) were males and 1,241 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 266. The total number of literate persons in Mahuliya was 1,765 (79.29% of the population over 6 years).[4]
(*For language details see Ghatshila block#Language and religion)
National Highway 18 (old number NH 33) passes through Mahulia. Nearest airport is Sonari Airport and railway station is at Ghatsila.