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About Saurang Village

Saurang is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 54 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saurang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saurang village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 54
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
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 Saurang compares

By the 2011 count Saurang is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Saurang

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

Saurang lies about 8.9 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 7.9 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 Saurang
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Mahali Marup 7.9 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 8.9 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 28 km

Villages closest to Saurang

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 Saurang

As per the Census of India 2011, Saurang village had a population of 103. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Saurang village has 54 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saurang has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Saurang is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saurang covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saurang falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saurang is Mahali Marup, about 7.9 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 Saurang.

Saurang is about 8.9 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saurang is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 4.2 km away. Mahali Marup is about 7.9 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tankodih (under 2 km), Burjudih Alias Panjanbera (under 2 km) and Mudadih (1.6 km).

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

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