About Jitpur Village

Jitpur is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 139 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jitpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	135.14 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	139
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 64th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 135.14 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1013.

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 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	24 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Jitpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jitpur village had a population of 262. That makes it the 64th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Jitpur village has 139 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jitpur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Jitpur is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jitpur covers 135.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jitpur falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jitpur is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 24 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 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jitpur is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 4.4 km away. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 24 km away. Dumka is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.