About Hurua Village

Hurua is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 218 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	502.21 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	218
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
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 Hurua compares

By the 2011 count Hurua is the 61st largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 502.21 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Hurua

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

Hurua lies about 19 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 8.9 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 Hurua
Nearest railway station	Balasiring	8.9 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	19 km
District headquarters	Khunti	19 km

Villages closest to Hurua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurua village had a population of 444. That makes it the 61st largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Hurua village has 218 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurua has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Hurua is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurua covers 502.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hurua falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hurua is Balasiring, about 8.9 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 Hurua.

Hurua is about 19 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hurua is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Balasiring is about 8.9 km away. Ranchi is about 14 km away. Erki is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.