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About Hiring Village

Hiring is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 740 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hiring Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hiring village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode 825420
Area (hectares) 250.01 hectares
Population 1,418
Male Population 740
Female Population 678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hiring compares

By the 2011 count Hiring is the 36th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 250.01 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Hiring

Hiring is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Hiring as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hiring from other places

Hiring lies about 24 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 44 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 Hiring
Nearest town Sherghāti 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 24 km
District headquarters Chatra 24 km
Nearest railway station Guraru 44 km

Villages closest to Hiring

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Hiring

As per the Census of India 2011, Hiring village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 36th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Hiring village has 740 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hiring has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Hiring is 825420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hiring covers 250.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hiring falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hiring is Guraru, about 44 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Hiring.

Hiring is about 24 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hiring is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 16 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Chatra 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 Bhondal (under 2 km), Gopalpur (under 2 km) and Godabar (1.6 km).

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

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