About Jalmai Village

Jalmai is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 91 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalmai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalmai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	222 hectares
Population	167
Male Population	91
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
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 Jalmai compares

By the 2011 count Jalmai is the 160th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 222 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Jalmai

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

Jalmai lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 30 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 Jalmai
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	5.0 km
Nearest town	Khunti	29 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	40 km

Villages closest to Jalmai

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 Jalmai

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalmai village had a population of 167. That makes it the 160th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Jalmai village has 91 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalmai has about 835 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 Jalmai is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalmai covers 222 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jalmai is Sonua, about 30 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 Jalmai.

Jalmai is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalmai is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 5.0 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Sonua is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.