About Konkel Village

Konkel is a mid sized village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 326 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Konkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Konkel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835232
Area (hectares)	628 hectares
Population	678
Male Population	326
Female Population	352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Konkel compares

By the 2011 count Konkel is the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 628 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 995.

Getting to Konkel

Konkel is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Konkel as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Konkel from other places

Konkel lies about 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 58 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 Konkel
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	12 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	23 km
District headquarters	Gumla	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	58 km

Villages closest to Konkel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Konkel village had a population of 678. That makes it the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Konkel village has 326 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Konkel has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

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

Konkel covers 628 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Konkel falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Konkel is Kurkura, about 58 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 10+ km distance for Konkel.

Konkel is about 30 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Konkel is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Raidih is about 12 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 23 km away. Gumla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.