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About Honhe Village

Honhe is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 818, made up of 408 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honhe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honhe village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Gumia
Pincode 825325
Area (hectares) 342.48 hectares
Population 818
Male Population 408
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Honhe compares

By the 2011 count Honhe is the 57th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 342.48 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Honhe

Honhe is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Honhe as Available within 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Honhe from other places

Honhe lies about 54 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Chainpur, about 5.5 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 Honhe
Nearest railway station Chainpur 5.5 km
Nearest town Kuju 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Gumia 24 km
District headquarters Bokaro 54 km

Villages closest to Honhe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Honhe village had a population of 818. That makes it the 57th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Honhe village has 408 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honhe has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Honhe is 825325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honhe covers 342.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Honhe falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Honhe is Chainpur, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Honhe is about 54 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honhe is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Chainpur is about 5.5 km away. Kuju is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Derhabera (2.4 km), Tirla (2.9 km) and Kander (3.1 km).

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

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