About Lurunga Village

Lurunga is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,194, made up of 634 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 996.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lurunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lurunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	996.6 hectares
Population	1,194
Male Population	634
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Lurunga compares

By the 2011 count Lurunga is the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 996.6 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Lurunga

Lurunga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lurunga 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 Lurunga from other places

Lurunga lies about 24 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Patratu, about 13 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 Lurunga
Nearest railway station	Patratu	13 km
Nearest town	Saunda	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	14 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	24 km

Villages closest to Lurunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lurunga village had a population of 1,194. That makes it the 41st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Lurunga village has 634 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lurunga has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Lurunga is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lurunga covers 996.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lurunga falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lurunga is Patratu, about 13 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 Lurunga.

Lurunga is about 24 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lurunga is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Patratu is about 13 km away. Saunda is about 13 km away. Barkagaon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.