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About Serasam Village

Serasam is a mid sized village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 452 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 891 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serasam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serasam village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Ranka
Pincode 822125
Area (hectares) 891 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 452
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Serasam compares

By the 2011 count Serasam is the 36th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 891 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 983.

Getting to Serasam

Serasam 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 Serasam 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Serasam from other places

Serasam lies about 15 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, 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 Serasam
Tehsil headquarters Ranka 4.2 km
District headquarters Garhwa 15 km
Nearest railway station Garwa 16 km

Villages closest to Serasam

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 Serasam

As per the Census of India 2011, Serasam village had a population of 933. That makes it the 36th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Serasam village has 452 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serasam has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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

Serasam covers 891 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Serasam falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Serasam is Garwa, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Serasam.

Serasam is about 15 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Serasam is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 4.2 km away. Garhwa is about 15 km away. Garwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khardiha (1.8 km), Khura (2.1 km) and Tale Alias Dale (2.1 km).

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

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