Jeruk Purut covers a total area of 9.12 hectares (0.09 km2; 0.04 sq mi).

[3] As of 2007[update], Jeruk Purut is one of few cemeteries in Jakarta capable of expansion.

[3] According to local belief, Jeruk Purut is haunted by the ghost of a decapitated pastor.

[5] In 2011, Prambors FM chose Jeruk Purut Cemetery as the scariest place in Jakarta, based on the legend of the headless pastor.

[6] It was selected over Lubang Buaya, the site where the corpses of several generals were dumped after an unsuccessful coup, as well as a bridge in Casablanca, a train crossing in Bintaro, and a house in Pondok Indah.