About Sasang Village

Sasang is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 214 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sasang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sasang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	460
Male Population	214
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
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 Sasang compares

By the 2011 count Sasang is the 30th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 975.

Getting to Sasang

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

Sasang lies about 17 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Bendi, about 18 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 Sasang
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	12 km
District headquarters	Latehar	17 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	17 km
Nearest railway station	Bendi	18 km

Villages closest to Sasang

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 Sasang

As per the Census of India 2011, Sasang village had a population of 460. That makes it the 30th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Sasang village has 214 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sasang has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Sasang covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sasang falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sasang is Bendi, about 18 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 Sasang.

Sasang is about 17 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sasang is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 12 km away. Latehar is about 17 km away. Lātehār is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.