About Tan Village

Tan is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 885, made up of 417 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	393 hectares
Population	885
Male Population	417
Female Population	468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tan compares

By the 2011 count Tan is the 37th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 393 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Tan

Tan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tan from other places

Tan lies about 19 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 8.8 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 Tan
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	8.8 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	19 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	19 km

Villages closest to Tan

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 Tan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tan village had a population of 885. That makes it the 37th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Tan village has 417 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tan has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Tan covers 393 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tan falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tan is Akashi, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Tan.

Tan is about 19 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tan is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 7.5 km away. Akashi is about 8.8 km away. Lohardaga is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.