About Kerugot Village

Kerugot is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 205 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerugot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerugot village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	247 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	205
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Kerugot compares

By the 2011 count Kerugot is the 157th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 247 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1020.

Getting to Kerugot

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

Kerugot lies about 34 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 Kerugot
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	14 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	18 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	34 km

Villages closest to Kerugot

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 Kerugot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerugot village had a population of 394. That makes it the 157th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Kerugot village has 205 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerugot has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Kerugot covers 247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kerugot 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 Kerugot.

Kerugot is about 34 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerugot is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chaibasa is about 14 km away. Chāībāsa is about 15 km away. Gobindpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.