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About Heriajam Village

Heriajam is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,433, made up of 757 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.65 hectares hectares.

Heriajam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Heriajam village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 41.65 hectares
Population 1,433
Male Population 757
Female Population 676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Heriajam compares

By the 2011 count Heriajam is the 66th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 41.65 hectares work out to about 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Heriajam

The census records public bus service for Heriajam 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gunduba, Haraktarya, Hariharpur and Hatibari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Heriajam

As per the Census of India 2011, Heriajam village had a population of 1,433. That makes it the 66th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Heriajam village has 757 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Heriajam has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Heriajam covers 41.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Heriajam falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Heriajam notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Heriajam.

Heriajam is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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