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About Jobo Village

Jobo is a mid sized village in Patratu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 659 males and 577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jobo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jobo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Patratu
Pincode 829105
Area (hectares) 499.6 hectares
Population 1,236
Male Population 659
Female Population 577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jobo compares

By the 2011 count Jobo is the 29th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 499.6 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Jobo

Jobo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jobo as Available within village. 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 Jobo from other places

Jobo lies about 11 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.8 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 Jobo
Nearest railway station Jhanjhitoli Halt 4.8 km
District headquarters Ramgarh 11 km
Nearest town Rāmgarh 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Patratu 16 km

Villages closest to Jobo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jobo village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 29th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Jobo village has 659 males and 577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jobo has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Jobo is 829105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jobo covers 499.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jobo falls under Patratu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jobo is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jobo.

Jobo is about 11 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jobo is in Patratu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Jhanjhitoli Halt is about 4.8 km away. Ramgarh is about 11 km away. Rāmgarh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daridag (under 2 km), Baridih (1.7 km) and Loadih (1.8 km).

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

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