About Ketma Village

Ketma is a large village in Dhurki tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,185, made up of 1,106 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 877 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ketma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ketma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dhurki
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	877 hectares
Population	2,185
Male Population	1,106
Female Population	1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ketma compares

By the 2011 count Ketma is the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 877 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Ketma

Ketma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ketma as Available within 5 - 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 Ketma from other places

Ketma lies about 32 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Ramna, about 19 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 Ketma
Nearest railway station	Ramna	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhurki	32 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	32 km

Villages closest to Ketma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ketma village had a population of 2,185. That makes it the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Ketma village has 1,106 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ketma has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Ketma is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ketma covers 877 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ketma falls under Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ketma is Ramna, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ketma.

Ketma is about 32 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ketma is in Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramna is about 19 km away. Dhurki is about 32 km away. Garhwa is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.