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About Khajurdangal Village

Khajurdangal is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 71 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajurdangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajurdangal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Gopikandar
Pincode 814145
Area (hectares) 132.86 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 71
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
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 Khajurdangal compares

By the 2011 count Khajurdangal is the 103rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 132.86 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Khajurdangal

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

Khajurdangal lies about 41 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 20 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 Khajurdangal
Tehsil headquarters Gopikandar 13 km
Nearest railway station Harinsing 20 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 25 km
District headquarters Dumka 41 km

Villages closest to Khajurdangal

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 Khajurdangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajurdangal village had a population of 131. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Khajurdangal village has 71 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajurdangal has about 845 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 Khajurdangal is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajurdangal covers 132.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khajurdangal falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khajurdangal is Harinsing, about 20 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 Khajurdangal.

Khajurdangal is about 41 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajurdangal is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 13 km away. Harinsing is about 20 km away. Nalhāti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pinargaria (5.4 km), Pindargaria (5.4 km) and Bhalki (5.7 km).

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

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