About Parkala Village

Parkala is a mid sized village in Kurdeg tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,470, made up of 737 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parkala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parkala village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Kurdeg
Pincode	835212
Area (hectares)	531.6 hectares
Population	1,470
Male Population	737
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parkala compares

By the 2011 count Parkala is the 14th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 531.6 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Parkala

Parkala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Parkala 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parkala from other places

Parkala lies about 37 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 56 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 Parkala
Tehsil headquarters	Kurdeg	1.9 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	36 km
District headquarters	Simdega	37 km
Nearest railway station	Garposh	56 km

Villages closest to Parkala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parkala village had a population of 1,470. That makes it the 14th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Parkala village has 737 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parkala has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Parkala is 835212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parkala covers 531.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parkala falls under Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Parkala is Garposh, about 56 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 village for Parkala.

Parkala is about 37 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parkala is in Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district. Kurdeg is about 1.9 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 36 km away. Simdega is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.