About Kharna Village

Kharna is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 558 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.4 hectares hectares.

Kharna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	243.4 hectares
Population	1,118
Male Population	558
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
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 Kharna compares

By the 2011 count Kharna is the 47th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 243.4 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Kharna

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

Kharna lies about 48 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 8.3 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 Kharna
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	13 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	48 km

Villages closest to Kharna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharna village had a population of 1,118. That makes it the 47th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Kharna village has 558 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharna has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Kharna covers 243.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharna falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharna is Dumri Bihar, about 8.3 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 Kharna.

Kharna is about 48 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharna is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 8.3 km away. Gumia is about 13 km away. Bokaro is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.