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About Naraina Village

Naraina is a mid sized village in Chalkusa tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 671 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naraina village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chalkusa
Pincode 825323
Area (hectares) 272 hectares
Population 1,252
Male Population 671
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Naraina compares

By the 2011 count Naraina is the 17th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 272 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Naraina

Naraina is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Naraina as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Naraina from other places

Naraina lies about 53 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dasra Halt BH, about under 2 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 Naraina
Nearest railway station Dasra Halt BH under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chalkusa 4.4 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 15 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 53 km

Villages closest to Naraina

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naraina village had a population of 1,252. That makes it the 17th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Naraina village has 671 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naraina has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Naraina is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naraina covers 272 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naraina falls under Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Naraina is Dasra Halt BH, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Naraina.

Naraina is about 53 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naraina is in Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Dasra Halt BH is about under 2 km away. Chalkusa is about 4.4 km away. Barki Saria is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Digwar (under 2 km), Alagdiha (under 2 km) and Maskedih (under 2 km).

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

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