About Hurmur Village

Hurmur is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 344 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1460 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurmur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurmur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	1460 hectares
Population	659
Male Population	344
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hurmur compares

By the 2011 count Hurmur is the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 1460 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Hurmur

Hurmur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Hurmur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Hurmur from other places

Hurmur lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 17 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 Hurmur
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	11 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	17 km
District headquarters	Chatra	22 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	22 km

Villages closest to Hurmur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurmur village had a population of 659. That makes it the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Hurmur village has 344 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurmur has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Hurmur is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurmur covers 1460 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hurmur falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hurmur is Katkamsandi, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hurmur.

Hurmur 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.

Hurmur is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Simaria is about 11 km away. Katkamsandi is about 17 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.