About Hochai Village

Hochai is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 378 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hochai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hochai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	378
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
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 Hochai compares

By the 2011 count Hochai is the 47th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 960.

Getting to Hochai

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

Hochai lies about 19 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 2.8 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 Hochai
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	9.6 km
Nearest town	Saunda	19 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	19 km

Villages closest to Hochai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ormanjhi 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 Hochai

As per the Census of India 2011, Hochai village had a population of 722. That makes it the 47th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Hochai village has 378 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hochai has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Hochai is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hochai covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hochai falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hochai is Hundur Halt, about 2.8 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 Hochai.

Hochai is about 19 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hochai is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Hundur Halt is about 2.8 km away. Ormanjhi is about 9.6 km away. Saunda is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.