About Batuka Village

Batuka is a mid sized village in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,317, made up of 650 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 884.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batuka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batuka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Keredari
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	884.59 hectares
Population	1,317
Male Population	650
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Batuka compares

By the 2011 count Batuka is the 23rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 884.59 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Batuka

Batuka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Batuka 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Batuka from other places

Batuka lies about 7.4 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 3.5 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 Batuka
Nearest railway station	Kansar Nawadah	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keredari	7.4 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	7.4 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	7.4 km

Villages closest to Batuka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batuka village had a population of 1,317. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Batuka village has 650 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batuka has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Batuka is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batuka covers 884.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Batuka falls under Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Batuka is Kansar Nawadah, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Batuka.

Batuka is about 7.4 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batuka is in Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kansar Nawadah is about 3.5 km away. Keredari is about 7.4 km away. Hazaribagh is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.