About Kekrang Village

Kekrang is a mid sized village in Peshrar tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 276 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kekrang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekrang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Peshrar
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	702 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	276
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
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 Kekrang compares

By the 2011 count Kekrang is the 17th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. Its 702 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 980.

Getting to Kekrang

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

Kekrang lies about 13 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 13 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 Kekrang
District headquarters	Lohardaga	13 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	13 km
Nearest railway station	Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peshrar	15 km

Villages closest to Kekrang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekrang village had a population of 564. That makes it the 17th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Kekrang village has 276 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekrang has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

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

Kekrang covers 702 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kekrang falls under Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kekrang is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 13 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 Kekrang.

Kekrang is about 13 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kekrang is in Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district. Lohardaga is about 13 km away. Lohārdagā is about 13 km away. Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.