About Gerenja Village

Gerenja is a mid sized village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 619 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerenja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerenja village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822107
Area (hectares)	642.07 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	619
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerenja compares

By the 2011 count Gerenja is the 27th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 642.07 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Gerenja

Gerenja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gerenja 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gerenja from other places

Gerenja lies about 32 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 2.7 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 Gerenja
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	4.8 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	26 km
District headquarters	Latehar	32 km

Villages closest to Gerenja

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 Gerenja

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerenja village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 27th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Gerenja village has 619 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerenja has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Gerenja is 822107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gerenja covers 642.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gerenja falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gerenja is Kusmahi, about 2.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gerenja.

Gerenja is about 32 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerenja is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 2.7 km away. Balumath is about 4.8 km away. Khalāri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.