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About Khanrapathar Village

Khanrapathar is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 308 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares.

Khanrapathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanrapathar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 119 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 308
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 815
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanrapathar compares

By the 2011 count Khanrapathar is the 159th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 119 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 949.

Getting to Khanrapathar

Khanrapathar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanrapathar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanrapathar from other places

Khanrapathar lies about 30 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Bero, about 11 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 Khanrapathar
Nearest town Lakhyabad 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Bero 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 30 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 30 km

Villages closest to Khanrapathar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Khanrapathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanrapathar village had a population of 559. That makes it the 159th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Khanrapathar village has 308 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanrapathar has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Khanrapathar covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanrapathar falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanrapathar is Bero, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khanrapathar.

Khanrapathar is about 30 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanrapathar is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Lakhyabad is about 4.0 km away. Bero is about 11 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhyabad (4.0 km), Patlabari (13 km) and Marma (17 km).

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

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