About Jidu Village

Jidu is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 203 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,502 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jidu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jidu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	834006
Area (hectares)	185.14 hectares
Population	508
Male Population	203
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,502
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 Jidu compares

By the 2011 count Jidu is the 91st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 185.14 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Jidu

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

Jidu lies about 19 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Shanki, about 14 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 Jidu
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	10 km
Nearest town	Rātu	11 km
Nearest railway station	Shanki	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	19 km

Villages closest to Jidu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jidu village had a population of 508. That makes it the 91st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Jidu village has 203 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jidu has about 1502 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Jidu is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jidu covers 185.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jidu falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jidu is Shanki, about 14 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 Jidu.

Jidu is about 19 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jidu is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Kanke is about 10 km away. Rātu is about 11 km away. Shanki is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.