About Burhi Khar Village

Burhi Khar is a mid sized village in Majhiaon tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,451, made up of 749 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burhi Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burhi Khar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Majhiaon
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	724.66 hectares
Population	1,451
Male Population	749
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Burhi Khar compares

By the 2011 count Burhi Khar is the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 724.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Burhi Khar

Burhi Khar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Burhi Khar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Burhi Khar from other places

Burhi Khar lies about 22 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Untari Road, about 4.4 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 Burhi Khar
Tehsil headquarters	Majhiaon	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Untari Road	4.4 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	22 km

Villages closest to Burhi Khar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majhiaon 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 Burhi Khar

As per the Census of India 2011, Burhi Khar village had a population of 1,451. That makes it the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Burhi Khar village has 749 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burhi Khar has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Burhi Khar is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burhi Khar covers 724.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burhi Khar falls under Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Burhi Khar is Untari Road, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Burhi Khar is about 22 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burhi Khar is in Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district. Majhiaon is about 4.4 km away. Untari Road is about 4.4 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.