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About Khokhando Village

Khokhando is a small village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 121 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhando Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhando village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Gumia
Pincode 828315
Area (hectares) 151.28 hectares
Population 247
Male Population 121
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
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 Khokhando compares

By the 2011 count Khokhando is the 87th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 151.28 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Khokhando

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

Khokhando lies about 46 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Gola Road, about 5.1 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 Khokhando
Nearest railway station Gola Road 5.1 km
Nearest town Chitarpur 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Gumia 27 km
District headquarters Bokaro 46 km

Villages closest to Khokhando

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.

Common questions about Khokhando

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhando village had a population of 247. That makes it the 87th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Khokhando village has 121 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhando has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Khokhando is 828315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhando covers 151.28 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.

Khokhando falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khokhando is Gola Road, about 5.1 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 Khokhando.

Khokhando is about 46 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhando is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Gola Road is about 5.1 km away. Chitarpur is about 5.6 km away. Gumia is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhawaiya (8.1 km), Semarbera (9.2 km) and Kari Kalan (9.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khokhando today is likely to be higher.

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