About Kajikend Village

Kajikend is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 96 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kajikend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kajikend village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	96
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Kajikend compares

By the 2011 count Kajikend is the 88th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kajikend

Kajikend is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kajikend 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 Kajikend from other places

Kajikend lies about 36 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 26 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 Kajikend
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	26 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	36 km
District headquarters	Dumka	36 km

Villages closest to Kajikend

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.

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Common questions about Kajikend

As per the Census of India 2011, Kajikend village had a population of 182. That makes it the 88th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Kajikend village has 96 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kajikend has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Kajikend covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kajikend falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kajikend is Harinsing, about 26 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 Kajikend.

Kajikend is about 36 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kajikend is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 6.5 km away. Harinsing is about 26 km away. Nalhāti is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.