About Kuchu Village

Kuchu is a large village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,371, made up of 1,229 males and 1,142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuchu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuchu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	466 hectares
Population	2,371
Male Population	1,229
Female Population	1,142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuchu compares

By the 2011 count Kuchu is the 8th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 466 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Kuchu

Kuchu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuchu as Available within village. 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 Kuchu from other places

Kuchu lies about 21 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 3.5 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 Kuchu
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	6.5 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	18 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	21 km

Villages closest to Kuchu

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 Kuchu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuchu village had a population of 2,371. That makes it the 8th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Kuchu village has 1,229 males and 1,142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuchu has about 929 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 Kuchu is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuchu covers 466 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuchu falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuchu is Hundur Halt, about 3.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kuchu.

Kuchu 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.

Kuchu is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Hundur Halt is about 3.5 km away. Ormanjhi is about 6.5 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.