About Jitpur Village

Jitpur is a mid sized village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 337 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jitpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Sundarpahari
Pincode	814156
Area (hectares)	341 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	337
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jitpur compares

By the 2011 count Jitpur is the 24th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Jitpur

Jitpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jitpur as Available within 5 - 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 Jitpur from other places

Jitpur lies about 46 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Kotalpukur, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kotalpukur	20 km
Nearest town	Pakur	21 km
District headquarters	Godda	46 km

Villages closest to Jitpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sundarpahari 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 675. That makes it the 24th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Jitpur village has 337 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jitpur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Jitpur is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jitpur covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jitpur falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jitpur is Kotalpukur, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jitpur.

Jitpur is about 46 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jitpur is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Sundarpahari is about 3.8 km away. Kotalpukur is about 20 km away. Pakur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.