About Khapra Village

Khapra is a large village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,539, made up of 1,729 males and 1,810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	525 hectares
Population	3,539
Male Population	1,729
Female Population	1,810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapra compares

By the 2011 count Khapra is the 4th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 525 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Khapra

Khapra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khapra as Available within 5 - 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 Khapra from other places

Khapra lies about 20 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 21 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 Khapra
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	2.5 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	20 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	21 km

Villages closest to Khapra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapra village had a population of 3,539. That makes it the 4th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Khapra village has 1,729 males and 1,810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapra has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Khapra is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapra covers 525 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khapra falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khapra is Garwa, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khapra.

Khapra is about 20 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapra is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 2.5 km away. Garhwa is about 20 km away. Garwa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.