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About Jitpur Village

Jitpur is a small village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 119 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jitpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Madhupur
Pincode 814152
Area (hectares) 311 hectares
Population 218
Male Population 119
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
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 Jitpur compares

By the 2011 count Jitpur is the 154th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 311 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Jitpur

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

Jitpur lies about 29 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jagadishpur, about 7.3 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 Jitpur
Nearest railway station Jagadishpur 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhupur 17 km
District headquarters Deoghar 29 km

Villages closest to Jitpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jitpur village had a population of 218. That makes it the 154th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Jitpur village has 119 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jitpur has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Jitpur is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jitpur covers 311 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jitpur falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jitpur is Jagadishpur, about 7.3 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 Jitpur.

Jitpur is about 29 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jitpur is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Jagadishpur is about 7.3 km away. Madhupur is about 17 km away. Deoghar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chechali (1.9 km), Shampur (2.0 km) and Mohnadih (2.3 km).

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

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