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About Serak Village

Serak is a large village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,734, made up of 1,855 males and 1,879 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1064 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Chandwa
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 1064 hectares
Population 3,734
Male Population 1,855
Female Population 1,879
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
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 Serak compares

By the 2011 count Serak is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 1064 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Serak

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

Serak lies about 19 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 9.9 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 Serak
Nearest railway station Kusmahi 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwa 12 km
District headquarters Latehar 19 km
Nearest town Lātehār 19 km

Villages closest to Serak

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 Serak

As per the Census of India 2011, Serak village had a population of 3,734. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Serak village has 1,855 males and 1,879 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serak has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Serak covers 1064 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Serak falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Serak is Kusmahi, about 9.9 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 Serak.

Serak is about 19 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Serak is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 9.9 km away. Chandwa is about 12 km away. Latehar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kita (1.8 km), Tarhasi (2.6 km) and Erud (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Serak today is likely to be higher.

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