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About Lupungkel Village

Lupungkel is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 227 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lupungkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lupungkel village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Bandgaon
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 500 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 227
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
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 Lupungkel compares

By the 2011 count Lupungkel is the 57th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Lupungkel

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

Lupungkel lies about 54 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 24 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 Lupungkel
Tehsil headquarters Bandgaon 17 km
Nearest railway station Pakra 24 km
Nearest town Khunti 32 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 54 km

Villages closest to Lupungkel

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.

Common questions about Lupungkel

As per the Census of India 2011, Lupungkel village had a population of 456. That makes it the 57th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Lupungkel village has 227 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lupungkel has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Lupungkel is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lupungkel covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lupungkel is Pakra, about 24 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 Lupungkel.

Lupungkel is about 54 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lupungkel is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 17 km away. Pakra is about 24 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.

The closest recorded villages are Poronger (under 2 km), Bamnom (under 2 km) and Kursi (2.2 km).

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

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