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About Khairbani Village

Khairbani is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 127 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairbani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ramgarh
Pincode 814151
Area (hectares) 76 hectares
Population 246
Male Population 127
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khairbani compares

By the 2011 count Khairbani is the 222nd largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Khairbani

Khairbani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khairbani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairbani from other places

Khairbani lies about 56 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 31 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 Khairbani
Tehsil headquarters Ramgarh 31 km
Nearest railway station Gumani 31 km
Nearest town Godda 33 km
District headquarters Dumka 56 km

Villages closest to Khairbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairbani village had a population of 246. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Khairbani village has 127 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairbani has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Khairbani is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairbani covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairbani falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairbani is Gumani, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khairbani.

Khairbani is about 56 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairbani is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 31 km away. Gumani is about 31 km away. Godda is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basko (2.5 km), Baghmara (2.7 km) and Nawadih (4.6 km).

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

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