About Ahrae Village

Ahrae is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 95 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ahrae Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahrae village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	174.54 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	95
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahrae compares

By the 2011 count Ahrae is the 100th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 174.54 hectares work out to about 1.1 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ahrae

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

Ahrae lies about 68 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 30 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 Ahrae
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	30 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	38 km
District headquarters	Giridih	68 km

Villages closest to Ahrae

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahrae village had a population of 186. That makes it the 100th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Ahrae village has 95 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahrae has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Ahrae is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ahrae covers 174.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ahrae falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ahrae is Dhanwar, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ahrae.

Ahrae is about 68 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahrae is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.2 km away. Dhanwar is about 30 km away. Jamūī is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.