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About Harbul Village

Harbul is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 44 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harbul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harbul village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Namkum
Pincode 834010
Area (hectares) 226.99 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 44
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 773
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harbul compares

By the 2011 count Harbul is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 226.99 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Harbul

The census records public bus service for Harbul as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Harbul from other places

Harbul lies about 22 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, about 16 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 Harbul
Nearest town Būndu 13 km
Nearest railway station Gangaghat 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Namkum 18 km
District headquarters Ranchi 22 km

Villages closest to Harbul

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 Harbul

As per the Census of India 2011, Harbul village had a population of 78. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Harbul village has 44 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harbul has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Harbul is 834010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harbul covers 226.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harbul falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harbul is Gangaghat, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Harbul.

Harbul is about 22 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harbul is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Būndu is about 13 km away. Gangaghat is about 16 km away. Namkum is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Huanghatu (2.4 km), Jareya (2.8 km) and Kakra (4.4 km).

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

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