About Jhitka Village

Jhitka is a small village in Binpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 51 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhitka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhitka village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Binpur I
Pincode	721516
Area (hectares)	63.22 hectares
Population	91
Male Population	51
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
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 Jhitka compares

By the 2011 count Jhitka is the 298th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 373 residents. Its 63.22 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1004.

Getting to Jhitka

Jhitka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jhitka 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. The nearest villages by name are Jaypur, Jhaparda, Jhatbani and Jhatbiani. 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.

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Common questions about Jhitka

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhitka village had a population of 91. That makes it the 298th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 373 residents.

Jhitka village has 51 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhitka has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Jhitka is 721516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhitka covers 63.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jhitka falls under Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Jhitka notes the nearest railway station 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 Jhitka.

Jhitka is in Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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.