Jorka is a very small village in Balarampur mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with only 84 residents in 14 households. Despite its minimal size, it has a literacy rate of 47.6% and is located at 23.182°N, 86.224°E with PIN code 723152.
By population, Jorka ranks #88 of 90 villages in Balarampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jorka is a village of 84 people in 14 households (Census 2011) in Balarampur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 88th-largest of 90 villages in Balarampur block. Literacy is 48%, 1 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 750 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Purulia district centre, 17 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 4 km from Urma Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723152, served by Bagmundi post office; the LGD village code is 331668. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arsha Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is PURNIMA SINGH SARDAR, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 94 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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