About Hempur Village

Hempur is a mid sized village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,517, made up of 751 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hempur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hempur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	411.25 hectares
Population	1,517
Male Population	751
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hempur compares

By the 2011 count Hempur is the 20th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 411.25 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Hempur

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

Hempur lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about under 2 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 Hempur
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	5.3 km
District headquarters	Latehar	28 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	28 km

Villages closest to Hempur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hempur village had a population of 1,517. That makes it the 20th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Hempur village has 751 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hempur has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Hempur is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hempur covers 411.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hempur falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hempur is Kusmahi, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Hempur.

Hempur is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hempur is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about under 2 km away. Balumath is about 5.3 km away. Latehar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.