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About Khurdih Village

Khurdih is a mid sized village in Topchanchi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 646 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurdih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Topchanchi
Pincode 828402
Area (hectares) 153.9 hectares
Population 1,240
Male Population 646
Female Population 594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khurdih compares

By the 2011 count Khurdih is the 30th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents. Its 153.9 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Khurdih

The census records public bus service for Khurdih as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurdih from other places

Khurdih lies about 46 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 14 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 Khurdih
Nearest railway station Chegro 14 km
Nearest town Giridih 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Topchanchi 24 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 46 km

Villages closest to Khurdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurdih village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 30th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents.

Khurdih village has 646 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurdih has about 920 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 Khurdih is 828402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurdih covers 153.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khurdih falls under Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khurdih is Chegro, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khurdih.

Khurdih is about 46 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurdih is in Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Chegro is about 14 km away. Giridih is about 20 km away. Topchanchi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barwadih (1.8 km), Dharampur (2.0 km) and Karamtanr (4.1 km).

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

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