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About Rughunath Pur Village

Rughunath Pur is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 71 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rughunath Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rughunath Pur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833216
Area (hectares) 240 hectares
Population 138
Male Population 71
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
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 Rughunath Pur compares

By the 2011 count Rughunath Pur is the 117th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Rughunath Pur

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

Rughunath Pur lies about 8.2 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 3.2 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 Rughunath Pur
Nearest railway station Birbans 3.2 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 16 km
Nearest town Bhetia 16 km

Villages closest to Rughunath Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsawan 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 Rughunath Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rughunath Pur village had a population of 138. That makes it the 117th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Rughunath Pur village has 71 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rughunath Pur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Rughunath Pur is 833216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rughunath Pur covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rughunath Pur falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rughunath Pur is Birbans, about 3.2 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 Rughunath Pur.

Rughunath Pur is about 8.2 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rughunath Pur is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Birbans is about 3.2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 8.2 km away. Kharsawan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadambera (7.3 km), Bandubera (7.4 km) and Sidma Kudar (7.4 km).

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

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