About Jalda Village

Jalda is a small village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 96 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Khuntpani
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	60.79 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	96
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
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 Jalda compares

By the 2011 count Jalda is the 108th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 60.79 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Jalda

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

Jalda lies about 4.6 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 13 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 Jalda
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khuntpani	7.0 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	12 km
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	13 km

Villages closest to Jalda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalda village had a population of 184. That makes it the 108th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Jalda village has 96 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalda has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Jalda covers 60.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalda falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jalda is Lotapahar, about 13 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 Jalda.

Jalda is about 4.6 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalda is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 4.6 km away. Khuntpani is about 7.0 km away. Chāībāsa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.