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About Budu Village

Budu is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 79 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Pincode 835227
Area (hectares) 95.5 hectares
Population 164
Male Population 79
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
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 Budu compares

By the 2011 count Budu is the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 95.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1023.

Getting to Budu

Budu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Budu 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 Budu from other places

Budu lies about 27 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 7.9 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 Budu
Nearest railway station Bakaspur 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 8.4 km
District headquarters Khunti 27 km

Villages closest to Budu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Budu village had a population of 164. That makes it the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Budu village has 79 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budu has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Budu is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budu covers 95.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Budu falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Budu is Bakaspur, about 7.9 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 Budu.

Budu is about 27 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budu is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Bakaspur is about 7.9 km away. Torpa is about 8.4 km away. Khunti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ukrimanri (under 2 km), Dhobisoso (1.7 km) and Icha (1.9 km).

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

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