About Jora Simal Village

Jora Simal is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 129 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jora Simal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jora Simal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	129
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jora Simal compares

By the 2011 count Jora Simal is the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Jora Simal

Jora Simal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jora Simal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jora Simal from other places

Jora Simal lies about 36 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 27 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 Jora Simal
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	27 km
District headquarters	Dumka	36 km

Villages closest to Jora Simal

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 Jora Simal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jora Simal village had a population of 268. That makes it the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Jora Simal village has 129 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jora Simal has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Jora Simal covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jora Simal falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jora Simal is Harinsing, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jora Simal.

Jora Simal is about 36 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jora Simal is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 6.7 km away. Harinsing is about 27 km away. Dumka is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.