About Holang Village

Holang is a mid sized village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,309, made up of 672 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	584 hectares
Population	1,309
Male Population	672
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Holang compares

By the 2011 count Holang is the 22nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 584 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Holang

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

Holang lies about 21 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 8.0 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 Holang
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	10 km
District headquarters	Latehar	21 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	21 km

Villages closest to Holang

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 Holang

As per the Census of India 2011, Holang village had a population of 1,309. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Holang village has 672 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holang has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

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

Holang covers 584 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Holang falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Holang is Kusmahi, about 8.0 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 Holang.

Holang is about 21 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holang is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 8.0 km away. Balumath is about 10 km away. Latehar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.