About Hesla Village

Hesla is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 306 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hesla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hesla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	1109 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	306
Female Population	343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,121
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hesla compares

By the 2011 count Hesla is the 47th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 1109 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Hesla

Hesla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Hesla as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Hesla from other places

Hesla lies about 38 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Mahuamilan, about 8.8 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 Hesla
Nearest railway station	Mahuamilan	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	13 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	19 km
District headquarters	Latehar	38 km

Villages closest to Hesla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hesla village had a population of 649. That makes it the 47th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Hesla village has 306 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hesla has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Hesla covers 1109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hesla falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hesla is Mahuamilan, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance for Hesla.

Hesla is about 38 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hesla is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuamilan is about 8.8 km away. Chandwa is about 13 km away. Khalāri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.