About Khakhanda Village

Khakhanda is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,405, made up of 691 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares.

Khakhanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	537 hectares
Population	1,405
Male Population	691
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khakhanda compares

By the 2011 count Khakhanda is the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Khakhanda

Khakhanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khakhanda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khakhanda from other places

Khakhanda lies about 50 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jogeswar Bihar, about 3.9 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 Khakhanda
Nearest railway station	Jogeswar Bihar	3.9 km
Nearest town	Kuju	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	17 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	50 km

Villages closest to Khakhanda

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 Khakhanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhanda village had a population of 1,405. That makes it the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Khakhanda village has 691 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhanda has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Khakhanda covers 537 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakhanda falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khakhanda is Jogeswar Bihar, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Khakhanda is about 50 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakhanda is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Jogeswar Bihar is about 3.9 km away. Kuju is about 16 km away. Gumia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.