About Tuntu Village

Tuntu is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 64 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares.

Tuntu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tuntu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	64
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
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 Tuntu compares

By the 2011 count Tuntu is the 118th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Tuntu

Tuntu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tuntu 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 Tuntu from other places

Tuntu lies about 28 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Tuntu
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	28 km
District headquarters	Khunti	28 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	31 km

Villages closest to Tuntu

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.

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Common questions about Tuntu

As per the Census of India 2011, Tuntu village had a population of 137. That makes it the 118th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Tuntu village has 64 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tuntu has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Tuntu covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tuntu falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tuntu is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Tuntu.

Tuntu is about 28 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tuntu is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 28 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Chakradharpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.