About Buruhatu Village

Buruhatu is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 218 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Buruhatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buruhatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	430
Male Population	218
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Buruhatu compares

By the 2011 count Buruhatu is the 76th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Buruhatu

Buruhatu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Buruhatu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Buruhatu from other places

Buruhatu lies about 19 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 32 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 Buruhatu
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	9.5 km
District headquarters	Khunti	19 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	32 km

Villages closest to Buruhatu

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 Buruhatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Buruhatu village had a population of 430. That makes it the 76th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Buruhatu village has 218 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buruhatu has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Buruhatu covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Buruhatu falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Buruhatu is Karra, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Buruhatu.

Buruhatu 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.

Buruhatu is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 9.5 km away. Khunti is about 19 km away. Karra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.