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About Khairbani Village

Khairbani is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 217 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, 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 Gopikandar
Pincode 814145
Area (hectares) 148.89 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 217
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairbani compares

By the 2011 count Khairbani is the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 148.89 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Khairbani

Khairbani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khairbani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khairbani from other places

Khairbani lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, 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 Khairbani
Tehsil headquarters Gopikandar 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Harinsing 14 km
District headquarters Dumka 30 km

Villages closest to Khairbani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopikandar 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 435. That makes it the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Khairbani village has 217 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairbani has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Khairbani is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairbani covers 148.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairbani falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairbani is Harinsing, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Khairbani.

Khairbani is about 30 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 Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 8.7 km away. Harinsing is about 14 km away. Dumka 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 Amdiha (under 2 km), Namodih (under 2 km) and Sidpahari (1.6 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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