About Jota Village

Jota is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 274 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	832113
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	526
Male Population	274
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
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 Jota compares

By the 2011 count Jota is the 114th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1020.

Getting to Jota

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

Jota lies about 19 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Gamharia Jn., about 9.7 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 Jota
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Gamharia Jn.	9.7 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	19 km

Villages closest to Jota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jota village had a population of 526. That makes it the 114th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Jota village has 274 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jota has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Jota is 832113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jota covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jota falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jota is Gamharia Jn., about 9.7 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 Jota.

Jota is about 19 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jota is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Gobindpur is about 9.3 km away. Gamharia Jn. is about 9.7 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.