About Horkunda Village

Horkunda is a mid sized village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 340 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horkunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Deori
Pincode	815314
Area (hectares)	152.72 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	340
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 Horkunda compares

By the 2011 count Horkunda is the 86th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 152.72 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Horkunda

Horkunda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Horkunda 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. The nearest villages by name are Harilwatanr, Harla, Harmatari and Hathgarh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Horkunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Horkunda village had a population of 649. That makes it the 86th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Horkunda village has 340 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horkunda has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Horkunda is 815314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horkunda covers 152.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horkunda falls under Deori tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Horkunda notes the nearest railway station 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 Horkunda.

Horkunda is in Deori tehsil of Giridih district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.