About Jhunka Village

Jhunka is a mid sized village in Sagma tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 865, made up of 460 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhunka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhunka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Sagma
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	321.94 hectares
Population	865
Male Population	460
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
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 Jhunka compares

By the 2011 count Jhunka is the 12th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,900 residents. Its 321.94 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 939.

Getting to Jhunka

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

Jhunka lies about 42 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Wyndhamganj, about 6.6 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 Jhunka
Tehsil headquarters	Sagma	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Wyndhamganj	6.6 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	37 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	42 km

Villages closest to Jhunka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhunka village had a population of 865. That makes it the 12th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,900 residents.

Jhunka village has 460 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhunka has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Jhunka is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhunka covers 321.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhunka falls under Sagma tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jhunka is Wyndhamganj, about 6.6 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 Jhunka.

Jhunka is about 42 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhunka is in Sagma tehsil of Garhwa district. Sagma is about 6.0 km away. Wyndhamganj is about 6.6 km away. Renukūt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.