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About Punrihesa Village

Punrihesa is a small village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 262 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punrihesa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punrihesa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Ichagarh
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 246 hectares
Population 490
Male Population 262
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punrihesa compares

By the 2011 count Punrihesa is the 69th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Punrihesa

Punrihesa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punrihesa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Punrihesa from other places

Punrihesa lies about 29 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Tiraldih, about 8.3 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 Punrihesa
Nearest railway station Tiraldih 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Ichagarh 9.6 km
Nearest town Būndu 29 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 29 km

Villages closest to Punrihesa

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

Common questions about Punrihesa

As per the Census of India 2011, Punrihesa village had a population of 490. That makes it the 69th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Punrihesa village has 262 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punrihesa has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Punrihesa is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punrihesa covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punrihesa falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Punrihesa is Tiraldih, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Punrihesa.

Punrihesa is about 29 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punrihesa is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Tiraldih is about 8.3 km away. Ichagarh is about 9.6 km away. Būndu is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hartaldih (under 2 km), Bora (under 2 km) and Dumra (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Punrihesa today is likely to be higher.

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