About Kharikabad Village

Kharikabad is a mid sized village in Baliapur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 620 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Kharikabad compares

By the 2011 count Kharikabad is the 38th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kharikabad

Kharikabad is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharikabad as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Kalhajpur, Kalipur, Kalitanr and Karmatanr. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.