About Angra Village

Angra is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 514 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Angra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Angra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	291.14 hectares
Population	1,087
Male Population	514
Female Population	573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
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 Angra compares

By the 2011 count Angra is the 46th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 291.14 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Angra

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

Angra lies about 26 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 11 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 Angra
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	11 km
Nearest town	Gumia	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	26 km
District headquarters	Palamu	26 km

Villages closest to Angra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Angra village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 46th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Angra village has 514 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Angra has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Angra is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Angra covers 291.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Angra falls under Patan tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Angra is Dumri Bihar, about 11 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 Angra.

Angra is about 26 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Angra is in Patan tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 11 km away. Gumia is about 13 km away. Patan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.