About Harmita Village

Harmita is a mid sized village in Peterwar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 939, made up of 484 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harmita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harmita village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Peterwar
Pincode	829123
Area (hectares)	236 hectares
Population	939
Male Population	484
Female Population	455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harmita compares

By the 2011 count Harmita is the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents. Its 236 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Harmita

Harmita is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harmita as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harmita from other places

Harmita lies about 30 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal, about 13 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 Harmita
Nearest town	Kathhāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Bokaro Thermal	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peterwar	30 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	30 km

Villages closest to Harmita

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

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Common questions about Harmita

As per the Census of India 2011, Harmita village had a population of 939. That makes it the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents.

Harmita village has 484 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harmita has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Harmita is 829123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harmita covers 236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harmita falls under Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harmita is Bokaro Thermal, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Harmita.

Harmita is about 30 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harmita is in Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kathhāra is about 10 km away. Bokaro Thermal is about 13 km away. Peterwar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.