About Sarwal Village

Sarwal is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,530, made up of 765 males and 765 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarwal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	835221
Area (hectares)	731.56 hectares
Population	1,530
Male Population	765
Female Population	765
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Sarwal compares

By the 2011 count Sarwal is the 19th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 731.56 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Sarwal

Sarwal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sarwal 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 Sarwal from other places

Sarwal lies about 14 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Namkon, about 11 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 Sarwal
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Namkon	11 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	14 km

Villages closest to Sarwal

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.

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Common questions about Sarwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarwal village had a population of 1,530. That makes it the 19th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Sarwal village has 765 males and 765 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

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

Sarwal covers 731.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarwal falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sarwal is Namkon, about 11 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 Sarwal.

Sarwal is about 14 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarwal is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Namkum is about 9.9 km away. Namkon is about 11 km away. Ranchi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.