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About Khejuria Village

Khejuria is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 94 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khejuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khejuria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jama
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 55.74 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 94
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
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 Khejuria compares

By the 2011 count Khejuria is the 230th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 55.74 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Khejuria

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

Khejuria lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 24 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 Khejuria
Nearest railway station Jamtara 24 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Jama 32 km
District headquarters Dumka 33 km

Villages closest to Khejuria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khejuria village had a population of 196. That makes it the 230th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Khejuria village has 94 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khejuria has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Khejuria is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khejuria covers 55.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khejuria falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khejuria is Jamtara, about 24 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 Khejuria.

Khejuria is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khejuria is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Jamtara is about 24 km away. Jāmtāra is about 24 km away. Jama is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajuri (under 2 km), Machadih (under 2 km) and Harladangal (2.8 km).

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

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