About Erkora Village

Erkora is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 59 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erkora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erkora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	45.3 hectares
Population	109
Male Population	59
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Erkora compares

By the 2011 count Erkora is the 181st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 45.3 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Erkora

Erkora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Erkora as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Erkora from other places

Erkora lies about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 28 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 Erkora
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	28 km
Nearest town	Khunti	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	41 km

Villages closest to Erkora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erkora village had a population of 109. That makes it the 181st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Erkora village has 59 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erkora has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Erkora is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erkora covers 45.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Erkora falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Erkora is Sonua, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Erkora.

Erkora is about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erkora is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 8.3 km away. Sonua is about 28 km away. Khunti is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.