About Jagatpur Village

Jagatpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 75 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,187 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jagatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jagatpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	75
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,187
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 Jagatpur compares

By the 2011 count Jagatpur is the 186th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Jagatpur

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

Jagatpur lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 5.8 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 Jagatpur
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	5.8 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Jagatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jagatpur village had a population of 164. That makes it the 186th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Jagatpur village has 75 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jagatpur has about 1187 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Jagatpur is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jagatpur covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jagatpur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jagatpur is Harinsing, about 5.8 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 Jagatpur.

Jagatpur is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jagatpur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 5.8 km away. Rampur Hat is about 28 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.