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About Tetka Khurd Village

Tetka Khurd is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 178 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tetka Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tetka Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 203.47 hectares
Population 334
Male Population 178
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tetka Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Tetka Khurd is the 61st 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 203.47 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 953.

Getting to Tetka Khurd

Tetka Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tetka Khurd as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Tetka Khurd from other places

Tetka Khurd lies about 13 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 13 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 Tetka Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Meral 12 km
Nearest railway station Meralgram 13 km
District headquarters Garhwa 13 km

Villages closest to Tetka Khurd

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.

Common questions about Tetka Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Tetka Khurd village had a population of 334. That makes it the 61st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Tetka Khurd village has 178 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tetka Khurd has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Tetka Khurd is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tetka Khurd covers 203.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tetka Khurd falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tetka Khurd is Meralgram, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tetka Khurd.

Tetka Khurd is about 13 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tetka Khurd is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 12 km away. Meralgram is about 13 km away. Garhwa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tetka Kalan (under 2 km), Pendli (under 2 km) and Garua (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tetka Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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