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About Loharsa Village

Loharsa is a mid sized village in Keredari tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 283 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 988.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharsa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Keredari
Pincode 825321
Area (hectares) 988.56 hectares
Population 605
Male Population 283
Female Population 322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
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 Loharsa compares

By the 2011 count Loharsa is the 44th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 988.56 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Loharsa

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

Loharsa lies about 34 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 9.8 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 Loharsa
Nearest railway station Shivpur 9.8 km
Nearest town Chatrā 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Keredari 34 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 34 km

Villages closest to Loharsa

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.

Common questions about Loharsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharsa village had a population of 605. That makes it the 44th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Loharsa village has 283 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharsa has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Loharsa covers 988.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loharsa falls under Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Loharsa is Shivpur, about 9.8 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 Loharsa.

Loharsa 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.

Loharsa is in Keredari tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Shivpur is about 9.8 km away. Chatrā is about 29 km away. Keredari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohra (under 2 km), Bakchoma (4.4 km) and Dumri (6.0 km).

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

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