About Jalma Village

Jalma is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 173 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,191 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	295 hectares
Population	379
Male Population	173
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,191
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 Jalma compares

By the 2011 count Jalma is the 46th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 295 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Jalma

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

Jalma lies about 21 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 30 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 Jalma
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	21 km
District headquarters	Chatra	21 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	21 km
Nearest railway station	Bukru	30 km

Villages closest to Jalma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalma village had a population of 379. That makes it the 46th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Jalma village has 173 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalma has about 1191 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

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

Jalma covers 295 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jalma falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jalma is Bukru, about 30 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 Jalma.

Jalma is about 21 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalma is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 21 km away. Chatra is about 21 km away. Chatrā is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.