About Piska Village

Piska is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,149, made up of 588 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piska Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piska village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	281 hectares
Population	1,149
Male Population	588
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
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 Piska compares

By the 2011 count Piska is the 25th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 281 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Piska

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

Piska lies about 28 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 5.8 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 Piska
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sidhwar	5.8 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	11 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	28 km

Villages closest to Piska

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 Piska

As per the Census of India 2011, Piska village had a population of 1,149. That makes it the 25th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Piska village has 588 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piska has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

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

Piska covers 281 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piska falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piska is Sidhwar, about 5.8 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 Piska.

Piska is about 28 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piska is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 5.5 km away. Sidhwar is about 5.8 km away. Rāmgarh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.