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About Khapia Village

Khapia is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 158 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kunda
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 158
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
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 Khapia compares

By the 2011 count Khapia is the 40th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Khapia

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

Khapia lies about 26 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 42 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 Khapia
Tehsil headquarters Kunda 6.4 km
District headquarters Chatra 26 km
Nearest town Chatrā 26 km
Nearest railway station Balumath 42 km

Villages closest to Khapia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapia village had a population of 312. That makes it the 40th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Khapia village has 158 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapia has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Khapia is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapia covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapia falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khapia is Balumath, about 42 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 Khapia.

Khapia is about 26 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapia is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 6.4 km away. Chatra is about 26 km away. Chatrā is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meghrania (under 2 km), Madarpur (under 2 km) and Bariatu (under 2 km).

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

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