About Rud Village

Rud is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 439 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rud village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	753 hectares
Population	902
Male Population	439
Female Population	463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
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 Rud compares

By the 2011 count Rud is the 36th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 753 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Rud

Rud is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rud 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 Rud from other places

Rud lies about 20 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chetar, about 3.3 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 Rud
Nearest railway station	Chetar	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	5.8 km
District headquarters	Latehar	20 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	20 km

Villages closest to Rud

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 Rud

As per the Census of India 2011, Rud village had a population of 902. That makes it the 36th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Rud village has 439 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rud has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Rud covers 753 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rud falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rud is Chetar, about 3.3 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 Rud.

Rud is about 20 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rud is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Chetar is about 3.3 km away. Chandwa is about 5.8 km away. Latehar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.