About Abun Village

Abun is a mid sized village in Panki tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,090, made up of 570 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Abun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Abun village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Panki
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	663 hectares
Population	1,090
Male Population	570
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
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 Abun compares

By the 2011 count Abun is the 41st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 857 residents. Its 663 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Abun

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

Abun lies about 16 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Amlo, about 9.1 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 Abun
Nearest town	Phusro	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Amlo	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panki	16 km
District headquarters	Palamu	16 km

Villages closest to Abun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Abun village had a population of 1,090. That makes it the 41st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 857 residents.

Abun village has 570 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Abun has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Abun is 822122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Abun covers 663 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Abun falls under Panki tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Abun is Amlo, about 9.1 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 Abun.

Abun is about 16 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Abun is in Panki tehsil of Palamu district. Phusro is about 8.4 km away. Amlo is about 9.1 km away. Panki is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.