About Hurdag Village

Hurdag is a mid sized village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,694, made up of 865 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurdag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurdag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	934 hectares
Population	1,694
Male Population	865
Female Population	829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Hurdag compares

By the 2011 count Hurdag is the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 934 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Hurdag

Hurdag is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Hurdag as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hurdag from other places

Hurdag lies about 23 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 25 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 Hurdag
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	4.7 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	23 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	25 km

Villages closest to Hurdag

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.

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Common questions about Hurdag

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurdag village had a population of 1,694. That makes it the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Hurdag village has 865 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurdag has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

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

Hurdag covers 934 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hurdag falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hurdag is Garwa, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Hurdag.

Hurdag is about 23 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hurdag is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 4.7 km away. Garhwa is about 23 km away. Garwa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.