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About Keluga Village

Keluga is a mid sized village in Jaldega tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,514, made up of 750 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584.92 hectares hectares.

Keluga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keluga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Jaldega
Area (hectares) 584.92 hectares
Population 1,514
Male Population 750
Female Population 764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keluga compares

By the 2011 count Keluga is the 15th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 584.92 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Keluga

Keluga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keluga as Available within 5 - 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 Keluga from other places

Keluga lies about 34 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 6.8 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 Keluga
Tehsil headquarters Jaldega 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Kanaroan 6.8 km
Nearest town Birmitrapur 19 km
District headquarters Simdega 34 km

Villages closest to Keluga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keluga village had a population of 1,514. That makes it the 15th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Keluga village has 750 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keluga has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Keluga covers 584.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keluga falls under Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Keluga is Kanaroan, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keluga.

Keluga is about 34 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keluga is in Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district. Jaldega is about 2.4 km away. Kanaroan is about 6.8 km away. Birmitrapur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tangia (1.9 km), Baraibera (2.2 km) and Jaldega (2.4 km).

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

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