About Khandhar Village

Khandhar is a mid sized village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 620, made up of 310 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	504.22 hectares
Population	620
Male Population	310
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandhar compares

By the 2011 count Khandhar is the 58th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 504.22 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Khandhar

Khandhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khandhar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khandhar from other places

Khandhar lies about 51 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Ray, about 12 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 Khandhar
Nearest railway station	Ray	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	12 km
Nearest town	Churi	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	51 km

Villages closest to Khandhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandhar village had a population of 620. That makes it the 58th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Khandhar village has 310 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandhar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Khandhar is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandhar covers 504.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandhar falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khandhar is Ray, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khandhar.

Khandhar is about 51 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandhar is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Ray is about 12 km away. Tandwa is about 12 km away. Churi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.