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About Kelende Village

Kelende is a mid sized village in Jhinkpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,759, made up of 862 males and 897 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kelende Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kelende village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Jhinkpani
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 529.78 hectares
Population 1,759
Male Population 862
Female Population 897
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kelende compares

By the 2011 count Kelende is the 8th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents. Its 529.78 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Kelende

Kelende is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kelende as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kelende from other places

Kelende lies about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 1.9 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 Kelende
Nearest railway station Singhpokharia 1.9 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhinkpani 8.8 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 20 km

Villages closest to Kelende

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kelende village had a population of 1,759. That makes it the 8th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents.

Kelende village has 862 males and 897 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kelende has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1048.

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

Kelende covers 529.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kelende falls under Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kelende is Singhpokharia, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kelende.

Kelende is about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kelende is in Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 1.9 km away. Chāībāsa is about 7.5 km away. Jhinkpani is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raghunathpur (under 2 km), Sonapusi (1.7 km) and Tutugutu (2.4 km).

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

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