About Serka Village

Serka is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 151 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 740 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	740 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	151
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Serka compares

By the 2011 count Serka is the 51st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 740 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Serka

Serka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Serka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Serka from other places

Serka lies about 17 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 34 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 Serka
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	17 km
District headquarters	Chatra	17 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	34 km

Villages closest to Serka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Serka village had a population of 305. That makes it the 51st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Serka village has 151 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serka has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Serka is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Serka covers 740 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Serka falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Serka is Shivpur, about 34 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 10+ km distance for Serka.

Serka is about 17 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Serka is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 17 km away. Chatra is about 17 km away. Chatrā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.