About Khonhar Village

Khonhar is a large village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,376, made up of 1,270 males and 1,106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khonhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	465.87 hectares
Population	2,376
Male Population	1,270
Female Population	1,106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Khonhar compares

By the 2011 count Khonhar is the 6th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 465.87 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Khonhar

Khonhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khonhar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khonhar from other places

Khonhar lies about 45 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 20 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 Khonhar
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	45 km

Villages closest to Khonhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonhar village had a population of 2,376. That makes it the 6th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Khonhar village has 1,270 males and 1,106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonhar has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Khonhar is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khonhar covers 465.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khonhar falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khonhar is Nagar Untari, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khonhar.

Khonhar is about 45 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonhar is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 4.0 km away. Nagar Untari is about 20 km away. Garhwa is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.