About Jurunga Village

Jurunga is a mid sized village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 291 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jurunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jurunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	126.36 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	291
Female Population	270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jurunga compares

By the 2011 count Jurunga is the 47th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 126.36 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Jurunga

Jurunga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jurunga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jurunga from other places

Jurunga lies about 49 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Torang, 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 Jurunga
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Torang	14 km
Nearest town	Būndu	18 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	49 km

Villages closest to Jurunga

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 Jurunga

As per the Census of India 2011, Jurunga village had a population of 561. That makes it the 47th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Jurunga village has 291 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jurunga has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Jurunga is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jurunga covers 126.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jurunga falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jurunga is Torang, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jurunga.

Jurunga is about 49 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jurunga is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Sonahatu is about 5.5 km away. Torang is about 14 km away. Būndu is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.