About Gelua Village

Gelua is a mid sized village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 666, made up of 344 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gelua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gelua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kuchai
Pincode	833216
Area (hectares)	439 hectares
Population	666
Male Population	344
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Gelua compares

By the 2011 count Gelua is the 34th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 439 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gelua

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

Gelua lies about 35 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 21 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 Gelua
Tehsil headquarters	Kuchai	15 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	21 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	35 km

Villages closest to Gelua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gelua village had a population of 666. That makes it the 34th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Gelua village has 344 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gelua has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gelua is 833216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gelua covers 439 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gelua falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gelua is Chakradharpur, about 21 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 Gelua.

Gelua is about 35 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gelua is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kuchai is about 15 km away. Chakradharpur is about 21 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.