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About Jurkan Village

Jurkan is a large village in Hussainganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,988, made up of 1,568 males and 1,420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares.

Jurkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurkan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Hussainganj
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 2,988
Male Population 1,568
Female Population 1,420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jurkan compares

By the 2011 count Jurkan is the 23rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Jurkan

Jurkan 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 Jurkan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jurkan from other places

Jurkan lies about 2.7 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Siwan Junction, about 1.6 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 Jurkan
Nearest railway station Siwan Junction 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Hussainganj 2.7 km
District headquarters Siwan 2.7 km
Nearest town Siwān 2.7 km

Villages closest to Jurkan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurkan village had a population of 2,988. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,062 residents.

Jurkan village has 1,568 males and 1,420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurkan has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Jurkan covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jurkan falls under Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jurkan is Siwan Junction, about 1.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jurkan.

Jurkan is about 2.7 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurkan is in Hussainganj tehsil of Siwan district. Siwan Junction is about 1.6 km away. Hussainganj is about 2.7 km away. Siwan is about 2.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhapiya Khurd (under 2 km), Surapur (under 2 km) and Paighambarpur (1.5 km).

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

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