About Harchanda Village

Harchanda is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,894, made up of 980 males and 914 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harchanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harchanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	1,894
Male Population	980
Female Population	914
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Harchanda compares

By the 2011 count Harchanda is the 13th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Harchanda

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

Harchanda lies about 21 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 6.3 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 Harchanda
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	6.3 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	18 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	21 km

Villages closest to Harchanda

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 Harchanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Harchanda village had a population of 1,894. That makes it the 13th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Harchanda village has 980 males and 914 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harchanda has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

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

Harchanda covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harchanda falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harchanda is Hundur Halt, about 6.3 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 Harchanda.

Harchanda is about 21 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harchanda is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 2.5 km away. Hundur Halt is about 6.3 km away. Rāmgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.