About Jagdishpur Village

Jagdishpur is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,108, made up of 556 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jagdishpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jagdishpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	428 hectares
Population	1,108
Male Population	556
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jagdishpur compares

By the 2011 count Jagdishpur is the 18th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Jagdishpur

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

Jagdishpur lies about 23 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, 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 Jagdishpur
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	23 km
District headquarters	Dumka	23 km

Villages closest to Jagdishpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jagdishpur village had a population of 1,108. That makes it the 18th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Jagdishpur village has 556 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jagdishpur has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Jagdishpur is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jagdishpur covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jagdishpur falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jagdishpur is Kurwa, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jagdishpur.

Jagdishpur is about 23 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jagdishpur is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 20 km away. Ranishwar is about 23 km away. Dumka is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.