About Ilkru Village

Ilkru is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ilkru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ilkru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	8.59 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
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 Ilkru compares

By the 2011 count Ilkru is the 179th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 8.59 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 992.

Getting to Ilkru

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

Ilkru lies about 23 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 4.7 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 Ilkru
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	6.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	23 km

Villages closest to Ilkru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ilkru village had a population of 34. That makes it the 179th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Ilkru village has 19 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ilkru has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Ilkru is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ilkru covers 8.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ilkru falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ilkru is Kalian Chak, about 4.7 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 Ilkru.

Ilkru is about 23 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ilkru is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 4.7 km away. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.