About Khijarsota Village

Khijarsota is a large village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,155, made up of 1,135 males and 1,020 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khijarsota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khijarsota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	386.16 hectares
Population	2,155
Male Population	1,135
Female Population	1,020
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Khijarsota compares

By the 2011 count Khijarsota is the 19th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 386.16 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Khijarsota

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

Khijarsota lies about 36 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Rema, about 7.8 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 Khijarsota
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Rema	7.8 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	22 km
District headquarters	Giridih	36 km

Villages closest to Khijarsota

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.

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Common questions about Khijarsota

As per the Census of India 2011, Khijarsota village had a population of 2,155. That makes it the 19th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Khijarsota village has 1,135 males and 1,020 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khijarsota has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

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

Khijarsota covers 386.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khijarsota falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khijarsota is Rema, about 7.8 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 Khijarsota.

Khijarsota is about 36 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khijarsota is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 7.5 km away. Rema is about 7.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.