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About Jalpura Village

Jalpura is a mid sized village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,570, made up of 828 males and 742 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520.42 hectares hectares.

Jalpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalpura village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Paliganj
Area (hectares) 520.42 hectares
Population 1,570
Male Population 828
Female Population 742
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalpura compares

By the 2011 count Jalpura is the 58th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 520.42 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Jalpura

Jalpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jalpura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Jalpura from other places

Jalpura lies about 45 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Garhani, about 21 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 Jalpura
Tehsil headquarters Paliganj 5.4 km
Nearest town Bikram 13 km
Nearest railway station Garhani 21 km
District headquarters Patna 45 km

Villages closest to Jalpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalpura village had a population of 1,570. That makes it the 58th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Jalpura village has 828 males and 742 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalpura has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Jalpura covers 520.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalpura falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jalpura is Garhani, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Jalpura.

Jalpura is about 45 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalpura is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 5.4 km away. Bikram is about 13 km away. Garhani is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dariapur Pem (under 2 km), Masaurha (under 2 km) and Mohabbatpur (2.4 km).

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

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