About Khadhwan Village

Khadhwan is a mid sized village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 383 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 748.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khadhwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadhwan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	748.82 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	383
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Khadhwan compares

By the 2011 count Khadhwan is the 25th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 748.82 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 934.

Getting to Khadhwan

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

Khadhwan lies about 42 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 25 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 Khadhwan
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	25 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	37 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	42 km

Villages closest to Khadhwan

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 Khadhwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadhwan village had a population of 722. That makes it the 25th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Khadhwan village has 383 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadhwan has about 885 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 Khadhwan is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khadhwan covers 748.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khadhwan falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khadhwan is Satbahini, about 25 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 Khadhwan.

Khadhwan is about 42 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadhwan is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 8.5 km away. Satbahini is about 25 km away. Husainābād is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.