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About Honhe Khurd Village

Honhe Khurd is a small village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 195 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honhe Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honhe Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Ranka
Pincode 822125
Area (hectares) 300 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 195
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honhe Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Honhe Khurd is the 61st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 300 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Honhe Khurd

Honhe Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Honhe Khurd as Available within 5 - 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 Honhe Khurd from other places

Honhe Khurd lies about 17 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 19 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 Honhe Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Ranka 4.4 km
District headquarters Garhwa 17 km
Nearest railway station Garwa 19 km

Villages closest to Honhe Khurd

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

Common questions about Honhe Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Honhe Khurd village had a population of 378. That makes it the 61st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Honhe Khurd village has 195 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honhe Khurd has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

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

Honhe Khurd covers 300 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honhe Khurd falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Honhe Khurd is Garwa, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Honhe Khurd.

Honhe Khurd is about 17 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honhe Khurd is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 4.4 km away. Garhwa is about 17 km away. Garwa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Honhe Kalan (under 2 km), Manjhgawan (1.7 km) and Rabda (2.2 km).

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

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