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About Khairidih Village

Khairidih is a large village in Birni tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,600, made up of 2,349 males and 2,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 986 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairidih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Birni
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 986 hectares
Population 4,600
Male Population 2,349
Female Population 2,251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
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 Khairidih compares

By the 2011 count Khairidih is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 996 residents. Its 986 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Khairidih

Khairidih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khairidih 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 Khairidih from other places

Khairidih lies about 42 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 15 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 Khairidih
Nearest railway station Duriatanr Halt 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Birni 23 km
Nearest town Jhajha 36 km
District headquarters Giridih 42 km

Villages closest to Khairidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairidih village had a population of 4,600. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 996 residents.

Khairidih village has 2,349 males and 2,251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairidih has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Khairidih is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairidih covers 986 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairidih falls under Birni tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairidih is Duriatanr Halt, about 15 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 Khairidih.

Khairidih is about 42 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairidih is in Birni tehsil of Giridih district. Duriatanr Halt is about 15 km away. Birni is about 23 km away. Jhajha is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khariodih (under 2 km), Gardih (1.8 km) and Paratanr (3.1 km).

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

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