About Jitpur Village

Jitpur is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 173 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jitpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	825320
Area (hectares)	238.38 hectares
Population	357
Male Population	173
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jitpur compares

By the 2011 count Jitpur is the 123rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 238.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Jitpur

Jitpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jitpur as Available within village. 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 Jitpur from other places

Jitpur lies about 26 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 10 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 Jitpur
Nearest railway station	Chaudhribandh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	16 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	18 km
District headquarters	Giridih	26 km

Villages closest to Jitpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jitpur village had a population of 357. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Jitpur village has 173 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jitpur has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Jitpur is 825320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jitpur covers 238.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jitpur falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jitpur is Chaudhribandh, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Jitpur.

Jitpur is about 26 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jitpur is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Chaudhribandh is about 10 km away. Dumri is about 16 km away. Barki Saria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.