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About Horlor Village

Horlor is a mid sized village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,024, made up of 519 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horlor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horlor village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Khuntpani
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 284 hectares
Population 1,024
Male Population 519
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Horlor compares

By the 2011 count Horlor is the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Horlor

Horlor is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Horlor 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Horlor from other places

Horlor lies about 19 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about under 2 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 Horlor
Nearest railway station Pandrasali under 2 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Khuntpani 10 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 19 km

Villages closest to Horlor

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

Common questions about Horlor

As per the Census of India 2011, Horlor village had a population of 1,024. That makes it the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Horlor village has 519 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horlor has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Horlor is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horlor covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horlor falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Horlor is Pandrasali, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Horlor.

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

Horlor is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pandrasali is about under 2 km away. Chāībāsa is about 8.9 km away. Khuntpani is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matkobera (under 2 km), Khunta (under 2 km) and Banamgutu (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Horlor today is likely to be higher.

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