About Hotwar Village

Hotwar is a small village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 186 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hotwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hotwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	179.87 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	186
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Hotwar compares

By the 2011 count Hotwar is the 54th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 179.87 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Hotwar

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

Hotwar lies about 15 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 2.5 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 Hotwar
Nearest railway station	Barkichampi	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	11 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	15 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	15 km

Villages closest to Hotwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hotwar village had a population of 373. That makes it the 54th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Hotwar village has 186 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hotwar has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Hotwar is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hotwar covers 179.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hotwar falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hotwar is Barkichampi, about 2.5 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 Hotwar.

Hotwar is about 15 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hotwar is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Barkichampi is about 2.5 km away. Kuru is about 11 km away. Lohardaga is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.