About Saraiya Village

Saraiya is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 7 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 571 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	26.5 hectares
Population	11
Male Population	7
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	571
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 Saraiya compares

By the 2011 count Saraiya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 26.5 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 988.

Getting to Saraiya

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

Saraiya lies about 41 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kakni, about 3.9 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 Saraiya
Nearest railway station	Kakni	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	20 km
Nearest town	Deoghar	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	41 km

Villages closest to Saraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraiya village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Saraiya village has 7 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraiya has about 571 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Saraiya is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saraiya covers 26.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saraiya falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saraiya is Kakni, about 3.9 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 Saraiya.

Saraiya is about 41 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saraiya is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Kakni is about 3.9 km away. Jarmundi is about 20 km away. Deoghar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.