About Jiapani Village

Jiapani is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 187 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jiapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiapani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	95 hectares
Population	367
Male Population	187
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
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 Jiapani compares

By the 2011 count Jiapani is the 137th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Jiapani

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

Jiapani lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 11 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 Jiapani
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	11 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Jiapani

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 Jiapani

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiapani village had a population of 367. That makes it the 137th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Jiapani village has 187 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiapani has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Jiapani covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jiapani falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jiapani is Harinsing, about 11 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 Jiapani.

Jiapani is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jiapani is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 11 km away. Rampur Hat is about 24 km away. Shikaripara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.