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About Juri Village

Juri is a mid sized village in Arsha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,410, made up of 713 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Juri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Juri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Arsha
Pincode 723153
Area (hectares) 355.31 hectares
Population 1,410
Male Population 713
Female Population 697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Juri compares

By the 2011 count Juri is the 45th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents. Its 355.31 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Juri

The census records public bus service for Juri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Juri from other places

Juri lies about 3.7 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Purulia Junction, about 5.3 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 Juri
District headquarters Puruliya 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Purulia Junction 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsha 16 km

Villages closest to Juri

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

Common questions about Juri

As per the Census of India 2011, Juri village had a population of 1,410. That makes it the 45th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents.

Juri village has 713 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Juri has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Juri is 723153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Juri covers 355.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Juri falls under Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Juri is Purulia Junction, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Juri.

Juri is about 3.7 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Juri is in Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district. Puruliya is about 3.7 km away. Purulia Junction is about 5.3 km away. Arsha is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirkabad (15 km), Arsha (16 km) and Mankiari (25 km).

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

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