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About Junka Village

Junka is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 306 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares.

Junka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Junka village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Pakuria
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 612
Male Population 306
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Junka compares

By the 2011 count Junka is the 64th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Junka

Junka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Junka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Isanpur, Jagrukunra, Jamsal and Jharia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Junka

As per the Census of India 2011, Junka village had a population of 612. That makes it the 64th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Junka village has 306 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Junka has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Junka covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Junka falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Junka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Junka.

Junka is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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