About Litim Village

Litim is a small village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 191 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Litim Overview

Census 2011 figures for Litim village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	191
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
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 Litim compares

By the 2011 count Litim is the 58th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1020.

Getting to Litim

Litim is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Litim 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 Litim from other places

Litim lies about 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 36 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 Litim
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	5.0 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	36 km

Villages closest to Litim

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Litim village had a population of 368. That makes it the 58th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Litim village has 191 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Litim has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Litim is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Litim covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Litim falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Litim is Kurkura, about 36 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 Litim.

Litim is about 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Litim is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 5.0 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.