About Khosokhar Village

Khosokhar is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 96 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khosokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khosokhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	92.33 hectares
Population	185
Male Population	96
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
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 Khosokhar compares

By the 2011 count Khosokhar is the 178th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 92.33 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 943.

Getting to Khosokhar

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

Khosokhar lies about 29 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jamua, about 19 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 Khosokhar
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	17 km
Nearest railway station	Jamua	19 km
District headquarters	Giridih	29 km

Villages closest to Khosokhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khosokhar village had a population of 185. That makes it the 178th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Khosokhar village has 96 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khosokhar has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Khosokhar is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khosokhar covers 92.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khosokhar falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khosokhar is Jamua, about 19 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 Khosokhar.

Khosokhar is about 29 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khosokhar is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 17 km away. Jamua is about 19 km away. Giridih is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.