About Uru Village

Uru is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 251 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 946.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Uru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Uru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	946.95 hectares
Population	502
Male Population	251
Female Population	251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Uru compares

By the 2011 count Uru is the 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 946.95 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Uru

Uru is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Uru 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Uru from other places

Uru lies about 118 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Daltonganj, about 2.6 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 Uru
Nearest railway station	Daltonganj	2.6 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	5.3 km
District headquarters	Gumla	118 km

Villages closest to Uru

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Uru

As per the Census of India 2011, Uru village had a population of 502. That makes it the 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Uru village has 251 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Uru has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Uru is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Uru covers 946.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Uru falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Uru is Daltonganj, about 2.6 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 10+ km distance for Uru.

Uru is about 118 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Uru is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Daltonganj is about 2.6 km away. Medininagar is about 3.6 km away. Chainpur is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.