About Hur Village

Hur is a mid sized village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 590 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	551.5 hectares
Population	1,088
Male Population	590
Female Population	498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hur compares

By the 2011 count Hur is the 9th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 551.5 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Hur

Hur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Hur from other places

Hur lies about 25 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 19 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 Hur
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	19 km
District headquarters	Latehar	25 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	25 km

Villages closest to Hur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hur village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 9th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Hur village has 590 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hur has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Hur covers 551.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hur falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hur is Balumath, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Hur.

Hur is about 25 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hur is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 2.0 km away. Balumath is about 19 km away. Latehar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.