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About Huringdag Village

Huringdag is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 181 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huringdag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huringdag village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Namkum
Pincode 835221
Area (hectares) 272.95 hectares
Population 363
Male Population 181
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Huringdag compares

By the 2011 count Huringdag is the 76th 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 272.95 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Huringdag

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

Huringdag lies about 13 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 4.7 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 Huringdag
Nearest railway station Balasiring 4.7 km
District headquarters Ranchi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Namkum 16 km

Villages closest to Huringdag

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 Huringdag

As per the Census of India 2011, Huringdag village had a population of 363. That makes it the 76th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Huringdag village has 181 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huringdag has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Huringdag covers 272.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Huringdag falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Huringdag is Balasiring, about 4.7 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 10+ km distance for Huringdag.

Huringdag is about 13 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huringdag is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 4.7 km away. Ranchi is about 13 km away. Namkum is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hethdahu (under 2 km), Upardahu (under 2 km) and Darjitorar (under 2 km).

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

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