About Erchora Village

Erchora is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 817 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erchora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erchora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	835303
Area (hectares)	216.3 hectares
Population	1,574
Male Population	817
Female Population	757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Erchora compares

By the 2011 count Erchora is the 15th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 216.3 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Erchora

Erchora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Erchora as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Erchora from other places

Erchora lies about 16 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Itki, about 2.9 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 Erchora
Nearest railway station	Itki	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	4.3 km
Nearest town	Rātu	9.4 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	16 km

Villages closest to Erchora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erchora village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 15th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Erchora village has 817 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erchora has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Erchora is 835303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erchora covers 216.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Erchora falls under Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Erchora is Itki, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Erchora.

Erchora is about 16 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erchora is in Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district. Itki is about 2.9 km away. Nagri is about 4.3 km away. Rātu is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.