About Kendu Village

Kendu is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 808 males and 904 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2048 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kendu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kendu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	2048 hectares
Population	1,712
Male Population	808
Female Population	904
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
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 Kendu compares

By the 2011 count Kendu is the 20th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 2048 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 993.

Getting to Kendu

Kendu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kendu 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 Kendu from other places

Kendu lies about 24 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 12 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 Kendu
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	24 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	24 km

Villages closest to Kendu

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kendu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kendu village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 20th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Kendu village has 808 males and 904 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kendu has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kendu is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kendu covers 2048 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kendu falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kendu is Shivpur, about 12 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 Kendu.

Kendu 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.

Kendu is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Simaria is about 8.3 km away. Shivpur is about 12 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.