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About Sinjani Village

Sinjani is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 355 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.61 hectares hectares.

Sinjani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sinjani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 905.61 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 355
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sinjani compares

By the 2011 count Sinjani is the 40th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 905.61 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1005.

Getting to Sinjani

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

Sinjani lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Sinjani
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 28 km
Nearest town Būndu 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Erki 33 km
District headquarters Khunti 33 km

Villages closest to Sinjani

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

Common questions about Sinjani

As per the Census of India 2011, Sinjani village had a population of 728. That makes it the 40th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Sinjani village has 355 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sinjani has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Sinjani covers 905.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sinjani falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sinjani is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sinjani.

Sinjani is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sinjani is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 28 km away. Būndu is about 28 km away. Erki is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Todang (under 2 km), Chuklu (2.0 km) and Korwa (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sinjani today is likely to be higher.

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