About Jorakaram Village

Jorakaram is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 58 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 643 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jorakaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jorakaram village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825420
Area (hectares)	643 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	58
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 Jorakaram compares

By the 2011 count Jorakaram is the 193rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 643 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 962.

Getting to Jorakaram

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

Jorakaram lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 46 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 Jorakaram
Nearest town	Sherghāti	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	23 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	46 km

Villages closest to Jorakaram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Jorakaram

As per the Census of India 2011, Jorakaram village had a population of 115. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Jorakaram village has 58 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jorakaram has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Jorakaram is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jorakaram covers 643 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jorakaram falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jorakaram is Guraru, about 46 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 Jorakaram.

Jorakaram is about 23 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jorakaram is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 18 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 23 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.