About Jurmu Village

Jurmu is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 718 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 938.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jurmu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurmu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	835230
Area (hectares)	938.85 hectares
Population	1,440
Male Population	718
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jurmu compares

By the 2011 count Jurmu is the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 938.85 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Jurmu

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

How far is Jurmu from other places

Jurmu lies about 121 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Daltonganj, about 10 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 Jurmu
Nearest railway station	Daltonganj	10 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	15 km
District headquarters	Gumla	121 km

Villages closest to Jurmu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurmu village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Jurmu village has 718 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurmu has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Jurmu is 835230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jurmu covers 938.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jurmu falls under Dumri tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jurmu is Daltonganj, about 10 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 village for Jurmu.

Jurmu is about 121 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurmu is in Dumri tehsil of Gumla district. Daltonganj is about 10 km away. Medininagar is about 11 km away. Dumri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.