About Jilinga Village

Jilinga is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 256 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jilinga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jilinga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	92 hectares
Population	519
Male Population	256
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
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 Jilinga compares

By the 2011 count Jilinga is the 49th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Jilinga

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

Jilinga lies about 20 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 12 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 Jilinga
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Barkichampi	12 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Jilinga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jilinga village had a population of 519. That makes it the 49th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Jilinga village has 256 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jilinga has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Jilinga is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jilinga covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jilinga falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jilinga is Barkichampi, about 12 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 Jilinga.

Jilinga is about 20 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jilinga is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 2.9 km away. Barkichampi is about 12 km away. Lohardaga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.