About Horeya Village

Horeya is a mid sized village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 660 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 814.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horeya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horeya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katkamsandi
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	814.89 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	660
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Horeya compares

By the 2011 count Horeya is the 25th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 814.89 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Horeya

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

Horeya lies about 21 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 6.0 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 Horeya
Nearest railway station	Padma	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katkamsandi	21 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	21 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	21 km

Villages closest to Horeya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horeya village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 25th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Horeya village has 660 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horeya has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

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

Horeya covers 814.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Horeya falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Horeya is Padma, about 6.0 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 Horeya.

Horeya is about 21 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horeya is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Padma is about 6.0 km away. Katkamsandi is about 21 km away. Hazaribagh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.