About Jerkani Village

Jerkani is a small village in Bangiriposi tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 58 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jerkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jerkani village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Bangiriposi
Pincode	757032
Area (hectares)	61 hectares
Population	105
Male Population	58
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	810
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 Jerkani compares

By the 2011 count Jerkani is the 176th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 502 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Jerkani

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

Jerkani lies about 91 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 27 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 Jerkani
Nearest town	Karanjiā	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bangiriposi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kendujhargarh	27 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	91 km

Villages closest to Jerkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jerkani village had a population of 105. That makes it the 176th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 502 residents.

Jerkani village has 58 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jerkani has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Jerkani is 757032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jerkani covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jerkani falls under Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Jerkani is Kendujhargarh, about 27 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 Jerkani.

Jerkani is about 91 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jerkani is in Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Karanjiā is about 12 km away. Bangiriposi is about 14 km away. Kendujhargarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.