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About Purni Hesag Village

Purni Hesag is a small village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 61 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purni Hesag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purni Hesag village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Garu
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 48.09 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 61
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,164
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purni Hesag compares

By the 2011 count Purni Hesag is the 60th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 48.09 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Purni Hesag

Purni Hesag is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purni Hesag as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purni Hesag from other places

Purni Hesag lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 14 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 Purni Hesag
Tehsil headquarters Garu under 2 km
Nearest railway station Hehegara Halt 14 km
District headquarters Latehar 28 km
Nearest town Lātehār 28 km

Villages closest to Purni Hesag

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

Common questions about Purni Hesag

As per the Census of India 2011, Purni Hesag village had a population of 132. That makes it the 60th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Purni Hesag village has 61 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purni Hesag has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Purni Hesag covers 48.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purni Hesag falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purni Hesag is Hehegara Halt, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purni Hesag.

Purni Hesag is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purni Hesag is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Garu is about under 2 km away. Hehegara Halt is about 14 km away. Latehar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hesag (under 2 km), Garu (under 2 km) and Purni Armu (under 2 km).

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

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