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About Khamar Village

Khamar is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 102 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Pincode 815351
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 102
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
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 Khamar compares

By the 2011 count Khamar is the 232nd largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Khamar

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

Khamar lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, 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 Khamar
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 10 km
Nearest railway station Madankata Railway Station 12 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 21 km
District headquarters Deoghar 40 km

Villages closest to Khamar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamar village had a population of 194. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Khamar village has 102 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamar has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Khamar is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamar covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khamar falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khamar is Madankata Railway Station, 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 10+ km distance for Khamar.

Khamar is about 40 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamar is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 10 km away. Madankata Railway Station is about 12 km away. Jāmtāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambakanali (under 2 km), Gairbad Gangapur (under 2 km) and Siktia (under 2 km).

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

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