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About Butiyo Village

Butiyo is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 192 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butiyo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butiyo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Namkum
Pincode 835221
Area (hectares) 168.31 hectares
Population 392
Male Population 192
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Butiyo compares

By the 2011 count Butiyo is the 75th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 168.31 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Butiyo

Butiyo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Butiyo as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Butiyo from other places

Butiyo lies about 17 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 12 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 Butiyo
Nearest railway station Balasiring 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Namkum 15 km
District headquarters Ranchi 17 km

Villages closest to Butiyo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butiyo village had a population of 392. That makes it the 75th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Butiyo village has 192 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butiyo has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Butiyo is 835221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butiyo covers 168.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butiyo falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Butiyo is Balasiring, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Butiyo.

Butiyo is about 17 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butiyo is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 12 km away. Namkum is about 15 km away. Ranchi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bundubera (under 2 km), Nachaldag (under 2 km) and Tunju (under 2 km).

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

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