About Singhni Village

Singhni is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 917, made up of 476 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singhni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singhni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	55.41 hectares
Population	917
Male Population	476
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Singhni compares

By the 2011 count Singhni is the 36th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 55.41 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Singhni

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

Singhni lies about 21 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 5.7 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 Singhni
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	5.7 km
District headquarters	Dumka	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	28 km

Villages closest to Singhni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Singhni village had a population of 917. That makes it the 36th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Singhni village has 476 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singhni has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Singhni is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singhni covers 55.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Singhni falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Singhni is Basukinath Railway Station, about 5.7 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 Singhni.

Singhni is about 21 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singhni is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 5.7 km away. Dumka is about 21 km away. Saraiyahat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.