About Khetko Village

Khetko is one of the larger villages in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,610, made up of 3,401 males and 3,209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1174 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khetko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khetko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825106
Area (hectares)	1174 hectares
Population	6,610
Male Population	3,401
Female Population	3,209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Khetko compares

By the 2011 count Khetko is the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 1174 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 978.

Getting to Khetko

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

Khetko lies about 45 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 10 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 Khetko
Nearest railway station	Chaudhribandh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	12 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	20 km
District headquarters	Giridih	45 km

Villages closest to Khetko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khetko village had a population of 6,610. That makes it the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Khetko village has 3,401 males and 3,209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khetko has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Khetko is 825106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khetko covers 1174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khetko falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khetko is Chaudhribandh, about 10 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 Khetko.

Khetko is about 45 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khetko is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Chaudhribandh is about 10 km away. Bagodar is about 12 km away. Barki Saria is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.