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About Urba Village

Urba is a mid sized village in Dulmi tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,800, made up of 915 males and 885 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Urba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Urba village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Dulmi
Pincode 825125
Area (hectares) 390.36 hectares
Population 1,800
Male Population 915
Female Population 885
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Urba compares

By the 2011 count Urba is the 19th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 390.36 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Urba

Urba is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Urba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Urba from other places

Urba lies about 84 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 28 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 Urba
Tehsil headquarters Dulmi 20 km
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 28 km
District headquarters Ramgarh 84 km

Villages closest to Urba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Urba village had a population of 1,800. That makes it the 19th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Urba village has 915 males and 885 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Urba has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Urba is 825125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Urba covers 390.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Urba falls under Dulmi tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Urba is Chakradharpur, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Urba is about 84 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Urba is in Dulmi tehsil of Ramgarh district. Dulmi is about 20 km away. Chakradharpur is about 28 km away. Ramgarh is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagrai (4.3 km), Harhad Kander (6.7 km) and Kurum (6.8 km).

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

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