About Tuntukel Village

Tuntukel is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 137 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,314 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tuntukel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tuntukel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	104 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	137
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,314
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 Tuntukel compares

By the 2011 count Tuntukel is the 88th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Tuntukel

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

Tuntukel lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Tuntukel
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	6.3 km
Nearest town	Khunti	28 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	40 km

Villages closest to Tuntukel

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 Tuntukel

As per the Census of India 2011, Tuntukel village had a population of 317. That makes it the 88th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Tuntukel village has 137 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tuntukel has about 1314 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Tuntukel covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tuntukel is Chakradharpur, about 31 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 Tuntukel.

Tuntukel 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.

Tuntukel is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 6.3 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Chakradharpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.