About Sirsa Village

Sirsa is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 217 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sirsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sirsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	217
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Sirsa compares

By the 2011 count Sirsa is the 120th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Sirsa

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

Sirsa lies about 38 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 19 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 Sirsa
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	19 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	38 km

Villages closest to Sirsa

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 Sirsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Sirsa village had a population of 418. That makes it the 120th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Sirsa village has 217 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sirsa has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Sirsa covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sirsa falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sirsa is Madankata Railway Station, about 19 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 Sirsa.

Sirsa is about 38 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sirsa is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Madankata Railway Station is about 19 km away. Jāmtāra is about 25 km away. Jama is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.