About Khundra Village

Khundra is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 397, made up of 187 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khundra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khundra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822133
Area (hectares)	283.54 hectares
Population	397
Male Population	187
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
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 Khundra compares

By the 2011 count Khundra is the 58th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 283.54 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khundra

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

Khundra lies about 17 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 8.4 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 Khundra
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	9.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	17 km

Villages closest to Khundra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khundra village had a population of 397. That makes it the 58th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Khundra village has 187 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khundra has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Khundra is 822133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khundra covers 283.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khundra falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khundra is Meralgram, about 8.4 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 Khundra.

Khundra is about 17 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khundra is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 8.4 km away. Meral is about 9.3 km away. Garhwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.