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About Semarkundi Village

Semarkundi is a small village in Markacho tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 179 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 838.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Semarkundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semarkundi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Markacho
Pincode 825418
Area (hectares) 838.11 hectares
Population 326
Male Population 179
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
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 Semarkundi compares

By the 2011 count Semarkundi is the 75th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 838.11 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1028.

Getting to Semarkundi

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

Semarkundi lies about 17 km from Markacho, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 8.0 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 Semarkundi
Nearest railway station Nawadih 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Markacho 17 km
Nearest town Kodarma 22 km

Villages closest to Semarkundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semarkundi village had a population of 326. That makes it the 75th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Semarkundi village has 179 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semarkundi has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Semarkundi is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Semarkundi covers 838.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Semarkundi falls under Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Semarkundi is Nawadih, about 8.0 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 Semarkundi.

Semarkundi is about 17 km from Markacho in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semarkundi is in Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district. Nawadih is about 8.0 km away. Markacho is about 17 km away. Kodarma is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandarchukwa (under 2 km), Katio (2.0 km) and Naudiha (3.0 km).

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

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