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About Harrakha Village

Harrakha is a mid sized village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,111, made up of 552 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares.

Harrakha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harrakha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Area (hectares) 210 hectares
Population 1,111
Male Population 552
Female Population 559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harrakha compares

By the 2011 count Harrakha is the 29th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Harrakha

Harrakha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harrakha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Harrakha from other places

Harrakha lies about 31 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, 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 Harrakha
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Ammapali 25 km
Nearest town Colgong 28 km
District headquarters Godda 31 km

Villages closest to Harrakha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harrakha village had a population of 1,111. That makes it the 29th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Harrakha village has 552 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harrakha has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Harrakha covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harrakha falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harrakha is Ammapali, about 25 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 and private bus service as Available for Harrakha.

Harrakha is about 31 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harrakha is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Boarijor is about 8.6 km away. Ammapali is about 25 km away. Colgong is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harra (under 2 km), Lohandiya (under 2 km) and Lohandiya Bazar (under 2 km).

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

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