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About Joytunga Village

Joytunga is a small village in Barjora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 217 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joytunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joytunga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Barjora
Pincode 722203
Area (hectares) 189.83 hectares
Population 390
Male Population 217
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 797
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Joytunga compares

By the 2011 count Joytunga is the 124th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 976 residents. Its 189.83 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Joytunga

Joytunga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Joytunga 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jagannathpur, Jaykrishnapur Sarenga, Jaysinghapur and Jharia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Joytunga

As per the Census of India 2011, Joytunga village had a population of 390. That makes it the 124th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 976 residents.

Joytunga village has 217 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joytunga has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Joytunga is 722203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joytunga covers 189.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Joytunga falls under Barjora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Joytunga notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Joytunga.

Joytunga is in Barjora tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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