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About Siriyan Village

Siriyan is a mid sized village in Karon tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 407 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siriyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siriyan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Karon
Pincode 815357
Area (hectares) 261 hectares
Population 759
Male Population 407
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
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 Siriyan compares

By the 2011 count Siriyan is the 36th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 631 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Siriyan

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

Siriyan lies about 43 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 5.4 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 Siriyan
Tehsil headquarters Karon 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Vidyasagar 5.4 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 17 km
District headquarters Deoghar 43 km

Villages closest to Siriyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siriyan village had a population of 759. That makes it the 36th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 631 residents.

Siriyan village has 407 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siriyan has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Siriyan is 815357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siriyan covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siriyan falls under Karon tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Siriyan is Vidyasagar, about 5.4 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 Siriyan.

Siriyan is about 43 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siriyan is in Karon tehsil of Deoghar district. Karon is about 1.9 km away. Vidyasagar is about 5.4 km away. Jāmtāra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karo (1.9 km), Dumartar (1.9 km) and Gobindpur (2.3 km).

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

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