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About Bhatkundi Village

Bhatkundi is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 182 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhatkundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhatkundi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode 814150
Area (hectares) 71.88 hectares
Population 335
Male Population 182
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
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 Bhatkundi compares

By the 2011 count Bhatkundi is the 77th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 71.88 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Bhatkundi

Bhatkundi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhatkundi 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 Bhatkundi from other places

Bhatkundi lies about 23 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 3.6 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 Bhatkundi
Nearest railway station Dhanpatdih 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sona Rai Tharhi 23 km
District headquarters Deoghar 23 km

Villages closest to Bhatkundi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Bhatkundi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhatkundi village had a population of 335. That makes it the 77th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Bhatkundi village has 182 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhatkundi has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Bhatkundi is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhatkundi covers 71.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhatkundi falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhatkundi is Dhanpatdih, about 3.6 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 Bhatkundi.

Bhatkundi is about 23 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhatkundi is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Dhanpatdih is about 3.6 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 23 km away. Deoghar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandna (under 2 km), Meghadih (2.1 km) and Sonaraythari (3.0 km).

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

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