About Urma Village

Urma is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 168 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Urma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Urma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	158 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	168
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Urma compares

By the 2011 count Urma is the 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Urma

Urma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Urma 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 Urma from other places

Urma lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 27 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 Urma
District headquarters	Khunti	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	27 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	27 km

Villages closest to Urma

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 Urma

As per the Census of India 2011, Urma village had a population of 340. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Urma village has 168 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Urma has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Urma covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Urma falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Urma is Karra, about 27 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 Urma.

Urma is about 13 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Urma is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 13 km away. Torpa is about 27 km away. Karra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.