About Jurpania Village

Jurpania is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 284 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jurpania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurpania village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	234.86 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	284
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
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 Jurpania compares

By the 2011 count Jurpania is the 90th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 234.86 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Jurpania

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

Jurpania lies about 22 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 16 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 Jurpania
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	16 km
District headquarters	Giridih	22 km

Villages closest to Jurpania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurpania village had a population of 546. That makes it the 90th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Jurpania village has 284 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurpania has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Jurpania is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jurpania covers 234.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jurpania falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jurpania is Maheshmunda Junction, about 16 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 Jurpania.

Jurpania is about 22 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurpania is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 8.2 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 16 km away. Giridih is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.