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About Ulatu Village

Ulatu is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,089, made up of 551 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ulatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ulatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Namkum
Pincode 834010
Area (hectares) 753.03 hectares
Population 1,089
Male Population 551
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
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 Ulatu compares

By the 2011 count Ulatu is the 38th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 753.03 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Ulatu

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

Ulatu lies about 12 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Namkon, about 7.5 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 Ulatu
Tehsil headquarters Namkum 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Namkon 7.5 km
District headquarters Ranchi 12 km

Villages closest to Ulatu

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 Ulatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Ulatu village had a population of 1,089. That makes it the 38th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Ulatu village has 551 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ulatu has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Ulatu covers 753.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ulatu falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ulatu is Namkon, about 7.5 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 Ulatu.

Ulatu is about 12 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ulatu is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Namkum is about 7.4 km away. Namkon is about 7.5 km away. Ranchi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (1.5 km), Chene (1.6 km) and Palandu (1.8 km).

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

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