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About Singra Village

Singra is a large village in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,017, made up of 2,088 males and 1,929 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.34 hectares hectares.

Singra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Baghmara Cum Katras
Area (hectares) 625.34 hectares
Population 4,017
Male Population 2,088
Female Population 1,929
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Singra compares

By the 2011 count Singra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents. Its 625.34 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Singra

The census records public bus service for Singra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Singra from other places

Singra lies about 16 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Mahuda Junction, about 2.2 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 Singra
Nearest railway station Mahuda Junction 2.2 km
Nearest town Sijua 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Baghmara Cum Katras 16 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 16 km

Villages closest to Singra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baghmara Cum Katras 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 Singra

As per the Census of India 2011, Singra village had a population of 4,017. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents.

Singra village has 2,088 males and 1,929 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singra has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Singra covers 625.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Singra falls under Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Singra is Mahuda Junction, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Singra.

Singra is about 16 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singra is in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district. Mahuda Junction is about 2.2 km away. Sijua is about 5.8 km away. Baghmara Cum Katras is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahuda (2.0 km), Deoghara (2.5 km) and Bans Kapuria (2.9 km).

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

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