About Jora Am Village

Jora Am is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 342 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jora Am Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jora Am village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	168.83 hectares
Population	651
Male Population	342
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jora Am compares

By the 2011 count Jora Am is the 86th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 168.83 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Jora Am

Jora Am is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jora Am 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jora Am from other places

Jora Am lies about 13 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 6.4 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 Jora Am
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	2.1 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	6.4 km
District headquarters	Giridih	13 km

Villages closest to Jora Am

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gande 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 Jora Am

As per the Census of India 2011, Jora Am village had a population of 651. That makes it the 86th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Jora Am village has 342 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jora Am has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

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

Jora Am covers 168.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jora Am falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jora Am is Maheshmunda Junction, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jora Am.

Jora Am is about 13 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jora Am is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 2.1 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 6.4 km away. Giridih is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.