About Horo Village

Horo is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 310 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	633
Male Population	310
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Horo compares

By the 2011 count Horo is the 43rd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Horo

Horo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Horo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Horo from other places

Horo lies about 33 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mahadevsal, about 6.4 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 Horo
Nearest railway station	Mahadevsal	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	8.8 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	33 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	34 km

Villages closest to Horo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horo village had a population of 633. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Horo village has 310 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horo has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Horo is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horo covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horo falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Horo is Mahadevsal, about 6.4 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 village for Horo.

Horo is about 33 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horo is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Mahadevsal is about 6.4 km away. Goilkera is about 8.8 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.