About Piska Village

Piska is a mid sized village in Silli tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,132, made up of 575 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835102, 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	Silli
Pincode	835102
Area (hectares)	500.29 hectares
Population	1,132
Male Population	575
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Piska compares

By the 2011 count Piska is the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,068 residents. Its 500.29 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 963.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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	Silli	11 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 Silli 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 1,132. That makes it the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,068 residents.

Piska village has 575 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piska has about 969 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 963.

The pincode recorded for Piska is 835102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piska covers 500.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piska falls under Silli 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village 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 Silli tehsil of Ranchi district. Piska is about 2.9 km away. Silli is about 11 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.