About Sarra Village

Sarra is a mid sized village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 786 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Tundi
Pincode	828109
Area (hectares)	357.8 hectares
Population	1,509
Male Population	786
Female Population	723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
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 Sarra compares

By the 2011 count Sarra is the 11th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 357.8 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Sarra

Sarra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sarra 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 Sarra from other places

Sarra lies about 29 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 16 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 Sarra
Tehsil headquarters	Tundi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Giridih	16 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	29 km

Villages closest to Sarra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarra village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 11th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Sarra village has 786 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarra has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Sarra is 828109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarra covers 357.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarra falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sarra is Giridih, about 16 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 Sarra.

Sarra is about 29 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarra is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tundi is about 13 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Dhanbad is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.