About Jilinga Village

Jilinga is a mid sized village in Thethaitangar tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,026, made up of 518 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1423.05 hectares hectares.

Jilinga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jilinga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Thethaitangar
Area (hectares)	1423.05 hectares
Population	1,026
Male Population	518
Female Population	508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jilinga compares

By the 2011 count Jilinga is the 30th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents. Its 1423.05 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Jilinga

Jilinga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jilinga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Jilinga from other places

Jilinga lies about 17 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 34 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 Jilinga
Tehsil headquarters	Thethaitangar	8.9 km
District headquarters	Simdega	17 km
Nearest railway station	Biramitrapur	34 km

Villages closest to Jilinga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jilinga village had a population of 1,026. That makes it the 30th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents.

Jilinga village has 518 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jilinga has about 981 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 999.

Jilinga covers 1423.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jilinga falls under Thethaitangar tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jilinga is Biramitrapur, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance for Jilinga.

Jilinga is about 17 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jilinga is in Thethaitangar tehsil of Simdega district. Thethaitangar is about 8.9 km away. Simdega is about 17 km away. Biramitrapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.