About Harhad Village

Harhad is a small village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 176 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harhad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harhad village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katkamsandi
Pincode	825334
Area (hectares)	436.89 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	176
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Harhad compares

By the 2011 count Harhad is the 59th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 436.89 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 951.

Getting to Harhad

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

Harhad lies about 6.7 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, about 4.8 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 Harhad
Nearest railway station	Bes	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katkamsandi	6.7 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	6.7 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	6.7 km

Villages closest to Harhad

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 Harhad

As per the Census of India 2011, Harhad village had a population of 332. That makes it the 59th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Harhad village has 176 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harhad has about 886 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 Harhad is 825334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harhad covers 436.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harhad falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harhad is Bes, about 4.8 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 Harhad.

Harhad is about 6.7 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harhad is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bes is about 4.8 km away. Katkamsandi is about 6.7 km away. Hazaribagh is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.