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About Kestrapal Village

Kestrapal is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 32 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kestrapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kestrapal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 43.27 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 32
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kestrapal compares

By the 2011 count Kestrapal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 43.27 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1003.

Getting to Kestrapal

The census records public bus service for Kestrapal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karketa, Kashidi, Kashiyabera and Katashol. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kestrapal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kestrapal village had a population of 60. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Kestrapal village has 32 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kestrapal has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kestrapal is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kestrapal covers 43.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kestrapal falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Kestrapal notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kestrapal.

Kestrapal is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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