About Urej Village

Urej is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 309 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Urej Overview

Census 2011 figures for Urej village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	686 hectares
Population	618
Male Population	309
Female Population	309
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 Urej compares

By the 2011 count Urej is the 59th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 686 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Urej

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

Urej lies about 34 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Chhapar, about 3.3 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 Urej
Nearest railway station	Chhapar	3.3 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	15 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	34 km

Villages closest to Urej

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 Urej

As per the Census of India 2011, Urej village had a population of 618. That makes it the 59th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Urej has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

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

Urej covers 686 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Urej falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Urej is Chhapar, about 3.3 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 Urej.

Urej is about 34 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Urej is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chhapar is about 3.3 km away. Patrātu is about 11 km away. Barkagaon is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.