About Rurungkocha Village

Rurungkocha is a small village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 223 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rurungkocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rurungkocha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	834010
Area (hectares)	212.13 hectares
Population	427
Male Population	223
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rurungkocha compares

By the 2011 count Rurungkocha is the 73rd 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 212.13 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Rurungkocha

Rurungkocha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rurungkocha as Available within 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 Rurungkocha from other places

Rurungkocha lies about 14 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, 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 Rurungkocha
Nearest railway station	Balasiring	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	12 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	14 km

Villages closest to Rurungkocha

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 Rurungkocha

As per the Census of India 2011, Rurungkocha village had a population of 427. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Rurungkocha village has 223 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rurungkocha has about 915 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 Rurungkocha is 834010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rurungkocha covers 212.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rurungkocha falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rurungkocha is Balasiring, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rurungkocha.

Rurungkocha 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.

Rurungkocha is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 11 km away. Namkum is about 12 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.