About Hurpi Village

Hurpi is a mid sized village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 348 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurpi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurpi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	356.58 hectares
Population	657
Male Population	348
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Hurpi compares

By the 2011 count Hurpi is the 48th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 356.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1015.

Getting to Hurpi

Hurpi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Hurpi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hurpi from other places

Hurpi lies about 58 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Parbatonia, about 15 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 Hurpi
Nearest railway station	Parbatonia	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	18 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	37 km
District headquarters	Simdega	58 km

Villages closest to Hurpi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurpi village had a population of 657. That makes it the 48th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Hurpi village has 348 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurpi has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Hurpi is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurpi covers 356.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hurpi falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Hurpi is Parbatonia, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Hurpi.

Hurpi is about 58 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hurpi is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Parbatonia is about 15 km away. Bano is about 18 km away. Birmitrapur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.