About Duru Village

Duru is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 606, made up of 315 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835202
Area (hectares)	337.99 hectares
Population	606
Male Population	315
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
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 Duru compares

By the 2011 count Duru is the 45th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 337.99 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Duru

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

Duru lies about 36 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 14 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 Duru
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	11 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	14 km
Nearest town	Khunti	30 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	36 km

Villages closest to Duru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duru village had a population of 606. That makes it the 45th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Duru village has 315 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duru has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Duru is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duru covers 337.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duru falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duru is Govindpur Road, about 14 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 Duru.

Duru is about 36 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duru is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 11 km away. Govindpur Road is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.