About Poje Village

Poje is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 619 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poje village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	586 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	619
Female Population	585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poje compares

By the 2011 count Poje is the 15th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 586 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Poje

Poje is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Poje as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Poje from other places

Poje lies about 48 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 4.4 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 Poje
Nearest railway station	Pokla	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	7.0 km
Nearest town	Khunti	37 km
District headquarters	Gumla	48 km

Villages closest to Poje

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poje village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 15th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Poje village has 619 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poje has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Poje is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poje covers 586 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Poje falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Poje is Pokla, about 4.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Poje.

Poje is about 48 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poje is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Pokla is about 4.4 km away. Kamdara is about 7.0 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.