About Hurka Village

Hurka is a mid sized village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,939, made up of 1,022 males and 917 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 798 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	798 hectares
Population	1,939
Male Population	1,022
Female Population	917
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hurka compares

By the 2011 count Hurka is the 12th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 798 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Hurka

Hurka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hurka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Hurka from other places

Hurka lies about 38 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 20 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 Hurka
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	20 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	34 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	38 km

Villages closest to Hurka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurka village had a population of 1,939. That makes it the 12th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Hurka village has 1,022 males and 917 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurka has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Hurka is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurka covers 798 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hurka falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hurka is Satbahini, about 20 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 village for Hurka.

Hurka is about 38 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hurka is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 12 km away. Satbahini is about 20 km away. Husainābād is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.