About Herma Village

Herma is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 865, made up of 424 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	366 hectares
Population	865
Male Population	424
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
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 Herma compares

By the 2011 count Herma is the 35th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 366 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Herma

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

Herma lies about 37 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 14 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 Herma
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	14 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	20 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	37 km

Villages closest to Herma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Herma village had a population of 865. That makes it the 35th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Herma village has 424 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herma has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Herma is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herma covers 366 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Herma falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Herma is Chaibasa, about 14 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 Herma.

Herma is about 37 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herma is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chaibasa is about 14 km away. Chāībāsa is about 15 km away. Gobindpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.