About Pengikudar Village

Pengikudar is a mid sized village in Jaridih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 958, made up of 494 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 484 hectares hectares.

How Pengikudar compares

By the 2011 count Pengikudar is the 29th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,991 residents. Its 484 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Pengikudar

Pengikudar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Pengikudar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Pengikudar from other places

Pengikudar lies about 41 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about under 2 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.

Villages closest to Pengikudar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaridih tehsil.

• Ara Saram 7.3 km
• Araldih 8.3 km
• Chilgora 13 km
• Gopalpur 17 km
• Beldih 19 km
• Lipu 21 km

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.