About Pindarkam Village

Pindarkam is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 649 males and 586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834004, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pindarkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pindarkam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	834004
Area (hectares)	224.26 hectares
Population	1,235
Male Population	649
Female Population	586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pindarkam compares

By the 2011 count Pindarkam is the 29th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 224.26 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Pindarkam

Pindarkam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pindarkam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pindarkam from other places

Pindarkam lies about 10 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 Pindarkam
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Namkon	7.5 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	10 km

Villages closest to Pindarkam

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 Pindarkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Pindarkam village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 29th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Pindarkam village has 649 males and 586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pindarkam has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Pindarkam is 834004. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pindarkam covers 224.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pindarkam falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pindarkam is Namkon, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Pindarkam.

Pindarkam is about 10 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pindarkam is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Namkum is about 6.5 km away. Namkon is about 7.5 km away. Ranchi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.