About Totpa Village

Totpa is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 331 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Totpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Totpa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	221.92 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	331
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
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 Totpa compares

By the 2011 count Totpa is the 87th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 221.92 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Totpa

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

Totpa lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 15 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 Totpa
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	15 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km

Villages closest to Totpa

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 Totpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Totpa village had a population of 649. That makes it the 87th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Totpa village has 331 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Totpa has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Totpa covers 221.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Totpa falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Totpa is Maheshmunda Junction, about 15 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 Totpa.

Totpa is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Totpa is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 7.6 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 15 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.