About Serka Village

Serka is a mid sized village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 752, made up of 383 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	352.92 hectares
Population	752
Male Population	383
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Serka compares

By the 2011 count Serka is the 17th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 352.92 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Serka

Serka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Serka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Serka from other places

Serka lies about 24 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 11 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 Serka
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	10 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	11 km
District headquarters	Latehar	24 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	24 km

Villages closest to Serka

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 Serka

As per the Census of India 2011, Serka village had a population of 752. That makes it the 17th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Serka village has 383 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serka has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

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

Serka covers 352.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Serka falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Serka is Balumath, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Serka.

Serka is about 24 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Serka is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 10 km away. Balumath is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.