About Jintu Village

Jintu is a large village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,089, made up of 1,068 males and 1,021 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 747 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jintu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jintu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835204
Area (hectares)	747 hectares
Population	2,089
Male Population	1,068
Female Population	1,021
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
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 Jintu compares

By the 2011 count Jintu is the 10th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 747 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Jintu

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

Jintu lies about 40 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gautamdhara, about 17 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 Jintu
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	3.4 km
Nearest town	Būndu	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Gautamdhara	17 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	40 km

Villages closest to Jintu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jintu village had a population of 2,089. That makes it the 10th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Jintu village has 1,068 males and 1,021 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jintu has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Jintu is 835204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jintu covers 747 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jintu falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jintu is Gautamdhara, about 17 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 Jintu.

Jintu is about 40 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jintu is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Sonahatu is about 3.4 km away. Būndu is about 9.7 km away. Gautamdhara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.