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About Jalanga Village

Jalanga is a mid sized village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 550 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.58 hectares hectares.

Jalanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalanga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 470.58 hectares
Population 1,114
Male Population 550
Female Population 564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jalanga compares

By the 2011 count Jalanga is the 18th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 470.58 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Jalanga

The census records public bus service for Jalanga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jalanga from other places

Jalanga lies about 25 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about under 2 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 Jalanga
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 11 km
District headquarters Khunti 25 km

Villages closest to Jalanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalanga village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 18th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Jalanga village has 550 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalanga has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Jalanga covers 470.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalanga falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jalanga is Govindpur Road, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jalanga.

Jalanga is about 25 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalanga is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about under 2 km away. Karra is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehkela (1.9 km), Jamhar (1.9 km) and Kuda Toli (2.1 km).

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

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