About Shukri Village

Shukri is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 134 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shukri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shukri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	199.21 hectares
Population	270
Male Population	134
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shukri compares

By the 2011 count Shukri is the 75th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 199.21 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Shukri

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

Shukri lies about 126 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Daltonganj, about 8.4 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 Shukri
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	7.2 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Daltonganj	8.4 km
District headquarters	Gumla	126 km

Villages closest to Shukri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shukri village had a population of 270. That makes it the 75th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Shukri village has 134 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shukri has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Shukri is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shukri covers 199.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shukri falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shukri is Daltonganj, about 8.4 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 Shukri.

Shukri is about 126 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shukri is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Chainpur is about 7.2 km away. Medininagar is about 7.4 km away. Daltonganj is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.