About Girung Village

Girung is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 153 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.26 hectares hectares.

Girung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	199.26 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	153
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
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 Girung compares

By the 2011 count Girung is the 77th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 199.26 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Girung

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

Girung lies about 43 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Mahadevsal, about 24 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 Girung
Nearest railway station	Mahadevsal	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	30 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	42 km
District headquarters	Khunti	43 km

Villages closest to Girung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girung village had a population of 285. That makes it the 77th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Girung village has 153 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girung has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Girung covers 199.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girung falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Girung is Mahadevsal, about 24 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 Girung.

Girung is about 43 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girung is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Mahadevsal is about 24 km away. Torpa is about 30 km away. Chakradharpur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.