About Rirung Village

Rirung is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 109 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rirung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rirung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	84.34 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	109
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rirung compares

By the 2011 count Rirung is the 82nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 84.34 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Rirung

Rirung is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rirung as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Rirung from other places

Rirung lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 14 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 Rirung
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	14 km
District headquarters	Khunti	18 km

Villages closest to Rirung

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.

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Common questions about Rirung

As per the Census of India 2011, Rirung village had a population of 231. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Rirung village has 109 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rirung has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Rirung covers 84.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rirung falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rirung is Govindpur Road, about 14 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 village for Rirung.

Rirung is about 18 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rirung is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 6.6 km away. Govindpur Road is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.