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About Khanrhara Village

Khanrhara is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 158 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanrhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanrhara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dhanwar
Pincode 825412
Area (hectares) 12.27 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 158
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Khanrhara compares

By the 2011 count Khanrhara is the 199th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 12.27 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Khanrhara

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

Khanrhara lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 30 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 Khanrhara
Nearest railway station Duriatanr Halt 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanwar 31 km
Nearest town Jamūī 32 km
District headquarters Giridih 59 km

Villages closest to Khanrhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanrhara village had a population of 316. That makes it the 199th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Khanrhara village has 158 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanrhara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Khanrhara is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanrhara covers 12.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanrhara falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanrhara is Duriatanr Halt, about 30 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 Khanrhara.

Khanrhara is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanrhara is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Duriatanr Halt is about 30 km away. Dhanwar is about 31 km away. Jamūī is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachrukhi (7.6 km), Pandnatanr (11 km) and Jibniadih (12 km).

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

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