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About Harhad Village

Harhad is a mid sized village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 351 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harhad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harhad village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kanha Chatti
Pincode 825401
Area (hectares) 234 hectares
Population 653
Male Population 351
Female Population 302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harhad compares

By the 2011 count Harhad is the 33rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Harhad

Harhad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harhad 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 Harhad from other places

Harhad lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 19 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 Harhad
Tehsil headquarters Kanha Chatti 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Kathautia 19 km
District headquarters Chatra 22 km
Nearest town Chatrā 22 km

Villages closest to Harhad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Harhad

As per the Census of India 2011, Harhad village had a population of 653. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Harhad village has 351 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harhad has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Harhad is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harhad covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harhad falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harhad is Kathautia, about 19 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 Harhad.

Harhad is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harhad is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 5.4 km away. Kathautia is about 19 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madgara (1.5 km), Bindhani (1.6 km) and Hauag (2.0 km).

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

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