About Rud Village

Rud is a small village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 114 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rud village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bhandaria
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	1236 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	114
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
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 Rud compares

By the 2011 count Rud is the 58th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 1236 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 967.

Getting to Rud

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

Rud lies about 58 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 36 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 Rud
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandaria	11 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	36 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	50 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	58 km

Villages closest to Rud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rud village had a population of 232. That makes it the 58th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Rud village has 114 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rud has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Rud is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rud covers 1236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rud falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rud is Barwadih Junction, about 36 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 Rud.

Rud is about 58 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rud is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Bhandaria is about 11 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 36 km away. Medininagar is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.