About Hesel Village

Hesel is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 147 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hesel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hesel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	320
Male Population	147
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,177
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 Hesel compares

By the 2011 count Hesel is the 100th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 996.

Getting to Hesel

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

Hesel lies about 7.0 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 16 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 Hesel
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	6.7 km
District headquarters	Khunti	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	16 km

Villages closest to Hesel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hesel village had a population of 320. That makes it the 100th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Hesel village has 147 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hesel has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Hesel is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hesel covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hesel falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hesel is Karra, about 16 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 Hesel.

Hesel is about 7.0 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hesel is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 6.7 km away. Khunti is about 7.0 km away. Karra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.