About Nakti Village

Nakti is a mid sized village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 261 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nakti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nakti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	142.79 hectares
Population	550
Male Population	261
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
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 Nakti compares

By the 2011 count Nakti is the 80th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 142.79 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Nakti

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

Nakti lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 20 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 Nakti
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	23 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Nakti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nakti village had a population of 550. That makes it the 80th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Nakti village has 261 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nakti has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Nakti is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nakti covers 142.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nakti falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Nakti is Basukinath Railway Station, about 20 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 Nakti.

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

Nakti is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 20 km away. Jama is about 23 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.