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About Singhnia Village

Singhnia is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 73 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 658 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singhnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singhnia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Saraiyahat
Pincode 814151
Area (hectares) 64.85 hectares
Population 121
Male Population 73
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 658
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Singhnia compares

By the 2011 count Singhnia is the 240th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 64.85 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 954.

Getting to Singhnia

Singhnia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Singhnia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Singhnia from other places

Singhnia 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 Singhnia
Nearest railway station Basukinath Railway Station 5.7 km
District headquarters Dumka 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraiyahat 28 km

Villages closest to Singhnia

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.

Common questions about Singhnia

As per the Census of India 2011, Singhnia village had a population of 121. That makes it the 240th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Singhnia village has 73 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singhnia has about 658 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

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

Singhnia covers 64.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Singhnia falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Singhnia 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Singhnia.

Singhnia 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.

Singhnia 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.

The closest recorded villages are Singhni (under 2 km), Haripur (3.4 km) and Patsar (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Singhnia today is likely to be higher.

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