About Piska Village

Piska is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 954, made up of 459 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835303, 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	Nagri
Pincode	835303
Area (hectares)	289.72 hectares
Population	954
Male Population	459
Female Population	495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Piska compares

By the 2011 count Piska is the 26th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 289.72 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Piska

Piska is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Piska as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Piska from other places

Piska lies about 11 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Piska, 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 Piska
Nearest railway station	Piska	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	3.7 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	11 km

Villages closest to Piska

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 Piska

As per the Census of India 2011, Piska village had a population of 954. That makes it the 26th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Piska village has 459 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piska has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

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

Piska covers 289.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piska falls under Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piska is Piska, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Piska.

Piska is about 11 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 Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district. Piska is about 2.9 km away. Nagri is about 3.7 km away. Ranchi is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.