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About Sunripura Village

Sunripura is a large village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,560, made up of 1,398 males and 1,162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunripura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunripura village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Kandi
Pincode 822120
Area (hectares) 573.5 hectares
Population 2,560
Male Population 1,398
Female Population 1,162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunripura compares

By the 2011 count Sunripura is the 9th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 573.5 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Sunripura

Sunripura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sunripura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sunripura from other places

Sunripura lies about 40 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Kosiara, about 6.9 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 Sunripura
Nearest railway station Kosiara 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandi 9.5 km
Nearest town Husainābād 15 km
District headquarters Garhwa 40 km

Villages closest to Sunripura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunripura village had a population of 2,560. That makes it the 9th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Sunripura village has 1,398 males and 1,162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunripura has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Sunripura is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunripura covers 573.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sunripura falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sunripura is Kosiara, about 6.9 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 village for Sunripura.

Sunripura is about 40 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunripura is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Kosiara is about 6.9 km away. Kandi is about 9.5 km away. Husainābād is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gara Khurd (1.6 km), Kharaundha (2.2 km) and Belhath (2.5 km).

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

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