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About Khairbani Village

Khairbani is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 229 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, 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 Kathikund
Pincode 814103
Area (hectares) 137.1 hectares
Population 469
Male Population 229
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairbani compares

By the 2011 count Khairbani is the 44th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 137.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Khairbani

Khairbani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairbani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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
Nearest railway station Harinsing 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathikund 30 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 Kathikund 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 469. That makes it the 44th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Khairbani village has 229 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairbani has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Khairbani is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairbani covers 137.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairbani falls under Kathikund 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 14 km away. Kathikund is about 30 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 Bathanpahari (under 2 km), Khelari (2.0 km) and Sikarpara (2.7 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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