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About Jangle Block Village

Jangle Block is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 622, made up of 322 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1858.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jangle Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jangle Block village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dumaria
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 1858.05 hectares
Population 622
Male Population 322
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
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 Jangle Block compares

By the 2011 count Jangle Block is the 37th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 1858.05 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Jangle Block

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

Jangle Block lies about 130 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Manoharpur, about 11 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 Jangle Block
Nearest railway station Manoharpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 21 km
Nearest town Bada Barabīl 28 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 130 km

Villages closest to Jangle Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria 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 Jangle Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Jangle Block village had a population of 622. That makes it the 37th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Jangle Block village has 322 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jangle Block has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Jangle Block covers 1858.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jangle Block falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jangle Block is Manoharpur, about 11 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 Jangle Block.

Jangle Block is about 130 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jangle Block is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Manoharpur is about 11 km away. Dumaria is about 21 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Forest Block (under 2 km), Kundaloka (under 2 km) and Manoharpur (9.5 km).

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

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