About Haratu Village

Haratu is a mid sized village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,401, made up of 733 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2006.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haratu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haratu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	2006.48 hectares
Population	1,401
Male Population	733
Female Population	668
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Haratu compares

By the 2011 count Haratu is the 26th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 2006.48 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Haratu

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

Haratu lies about 24 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 6.6 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 Haratu
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	20 km
District headquarters	Latehar	24 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	24 km

Villages closest to Haratu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haratu village had a population of 1,401. That makes it the 26th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Haratu village has 733 males and 668 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haratu has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

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

Haratu covers 2006.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Haratu falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Haratu is Hehegara Halt, about 6.6 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 Haratu.

Haratu is about 24 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haratu is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Hehegara Halt is about 6.6 km away. Barwadih is about 20 km away. Latehar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.