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About Elakend Village

Elakend is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 783 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares.

Elakend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Elakend village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 221 hectares
Population 1,574
Male Population 783
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Elakend compares

By the 2011 count Elakend is the 57th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Elakend

The census records public bus service for Elakend as Available within 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Dumarkunda, Dumurya, Durgapur and Durlabhadi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Elakend

As per the Census of India 2011, Elakend village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 57th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Elakend village has 783 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Elakend has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Elakend covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Elakend falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Elakend notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Elakend.

Elakend is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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