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About Siankel Village

Siankel is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 113 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.29 hectares hectares.

Siankel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siankel village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 173.29 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 113
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Siankel compares

By the 2011 count Siankel is the 152nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 173.29 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Siankel

Siankel is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Siankel as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Siankel from other places

Siankel lies about 19 km from Khunti. 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 Siankel
Tehsil headquarters Karra 3.6 km
District headquarters Khunti 19 km

Villages closest to Siankel

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 Siankel

As per the Census of India 2011, Siankel village had a population of 230. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Siankel village has 113 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siankel has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Siankel covers 173.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siankel falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Siankel notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Siankel.

Siankel is about 19 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siankel is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 3.6 km away. Khunti is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Diuri (under 2 km), Dumari (1.7 km) and Timra (1.8 km).

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

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