About Hesag Village

Hesag is a mid sized village in Peshrar tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 903, made up of 437 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 992.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hesag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hesag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Peshrar
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	992.75 hectares
Population	903
Male Population	437
Female Population	466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
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 Hesag compares

By the 2011 count Hesag is the 8th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. Its 992.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Hesag

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

Hesag lies about 19 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Richughuta, about 19 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 Hesag
Tehsil headquarters	Peshrar	17 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	19 km
Nearest railway station	Richughuta	19 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	19 km

Villages closest to Hesag

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 Hesag

As per the Census of India 2011, Hesag village had a population of 903. That makes it the 8th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Hesag village has 437 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hesag has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

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

Hesag covers 992.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hesag falls under Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hesag is Richughuta, about 19 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 Hesag.

Hesag 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.

Hesag is in Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district. Peshrar is about 17 km away. Lohardaga is about 19 km away. Richughuta is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.