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About Forest Block Village

Forest Block is a small village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 33 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Forest Block village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Adityapur
Pincode 832108
Area (hectares) 60.47 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 33
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Forest Block is the 170th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 60.47 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Forest Block

The census records public bus service for Forest Block as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dudra, Dugdha, Dugni and Dulkikocha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Forest Block village had a population of 55. That makes it the 170th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Forest Block village has 33 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Forest Block has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Forest Block is 832108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Forest Block covers 60.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Forest Block falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Forest Block notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Forest Block.

Forest Block is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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