About Pinja Village

Pinja is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 172 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pinja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pinja village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	172
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
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 Pinja compares

By the 2011 count Pinja is the 37th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Pinja

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

Pinja lies about 17 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 39 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 Pinja
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	6.5 km
District headquarters	Chatra	17 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	39 km

Villages closest to Pinja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pinja village had a population of 340. That makes it the 37th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Pinja village has 172 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pinja has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Pinja is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pinja covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pinja falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pinja is Shivpur, about 39 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 Pinja.

Pinja is about 17 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pinja is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 6.5 km away. Chatra is about 17 km away. Chatrā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.