About Jolanga Village

Jolanga is a mid sized village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,232, made up of 614 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 850.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jolanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jolanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	850.11 hectares
Population	1,232
Male Population	614
Female Population	618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
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 Jolanga compares

By the 2011 count Jolanga is the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 850.11 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Jolanga

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

Jolanga lies about 29 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 30 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 Jolanga
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	9.9 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	29 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	30 km

Villages closest to Jolanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jolanga village had a population of 1,232. That makes it the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Jolanga village has 614 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jolanga has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Jolanga is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jolanga covers 850.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jolanga falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jolanga is Garwa, about 30 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 Jolanga.

Jolanga is about 29 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jolanga is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 9.9 km away. Garhwa is about 29 km away. Garwa is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.