About Khelari Village

Khelari is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 203 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khelari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Kathikund
Pincode	814103
Area (hectares)	275.34 hectares
Population	419
Male Population	203
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
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 Khelari compares

By the 2011 count Khelari is the 56th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 275.34 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Khelari

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

Khelari lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Khelari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathikund	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Khelari

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.

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Common questions about Khelari

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelari village had a population of 419. That makes it the 56th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Khelari village has 203 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelari has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

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

Khelari covers 275.34 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.

Khelari falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khelari is Harinsing, about 13 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 Khelari.

Khelari is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelari is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Kathikund is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.