About Erud Village

Erud is a small village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 160 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erud village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	362 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	160
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
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 Erud compares

By the 2011 count Erud is the 66th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 362 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Erud

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

Erud lies about 22 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 6.9 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 Erud
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	11 km
District headquarters	Latehar	22 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	22 km

Villages closest to Erud

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 Erud

As per the Census of India 2011, Erud village had a population of 342. That makes it the 66th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Erud village has 160 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erud has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Erud covers 362 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Erud falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Erud is Kusmahi, about 6.9 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 Erud.

Erud is about 22 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erud is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 6.9 km away. Chandwa is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.