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About Jarakel Village

Jarakel is a mid sized village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,977, made up of 894 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 976 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jarakel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jarakel village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Bano
Pincode 835201
Area (hectares) 976 hectares
Population 1,977
Male Population 894
Female Population 1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jarakel compares

By the 2011 count Jarakel is the 6th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 976 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Jarakel

Jarakel is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jarakel as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jarakel from other places

Jarakel lies about 40 km from Simdega. 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 Jarakel
Tehsil headquarters Bano 2.7 km
Nearest town Birmitrapur 29 km
District headquarters Simdega 40 km

Villages closest to Jarakel

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

Common questions about Jarakel

As per the Census of India 2011, Jarakel village had a population of 1,977. That makes it the 6th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Jarakel village has 894 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jarakel has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Jarakel is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jarakel covers 976 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jarakel falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jarakel.

Jarakel is about 40 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jarakel is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Bano is about 2.7 km away. Birmitrapur is about 29 km away. Simdega is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samdega (1.5 km), Pabura (1.9 km) and Bano (2.7 km).

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

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