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About Khejuria Village

Khejuria is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 26 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 692 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, 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 Shikaripara
Pincode 816103
Area (hectares) 128.91 hectares
Population 44
Male Population 26
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 692
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khejuria compares

By the 2011 count Khejuria is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 128.91 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Khejuria

Khejuria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khejuria as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 6.2 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 Harinsing 6.2 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikaripara 28 km
District headquarters Dumka 28 km

Villages closest to Khejuria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara 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 44. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Khejuria village has 26 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khejuria has about 692 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 Khejuria is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khejuria covers 128.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khejuria falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khejuria is Harinsing, about 6.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khejuria.

Khejuria is about 28 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 Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 6.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 27 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hatpara (under 2 km), Karmachua (under 2 km) and Tarachua (under 2 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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