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About Miral Village

Miral is a mid sized village in Albert Ekka tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,173, made up of 584 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Miral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Miral village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Albert Ekka
Pincode 835232
Area (hectares) 630 hectares
Population 1,173
Male Population 584
Female Population 589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Miral compares

By the 2011 count Miral is the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 630 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 966.

Getting to Miral

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

Miral lies about 27 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 68 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 Miral
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Albert Ekka 27 km
District headquarters Gumla 27 km
Nearest railway station Pokla 68 km

Villages closest to Miral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Albert Ekka 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.

Common questions about Miral

As per the Census of India 2011, Miral village had a population of 1,173. That makes it the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Miral village has 584 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Miral has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Miral is 835232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Miral covers 630 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Miral falls under Albert Ekka tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Miral is Pokla, about 68 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 Miral.

Miral is about 27 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Miral is in Albert Ekka tehsil of Gumla district. Jashpur Nagar is about 18 km away. Albert Ekka is about 27 km away. Gumla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saktar (2.7 km), Kitam (3.0 km) and Pulung (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Miral today is likely to be higher.

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