About Khiriachatan Village

Khiriachatan is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 138 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiriachatan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriachatan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	82.35 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	138
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
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 Khiriachatan compares

By the 2011 count Khiriachatan is the 216th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 82.35 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Khiriachatan

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

Khiriachatan lies about 54 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 3.3 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 Khiriachatan
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	14 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	26 km
District headquarters	Giridih	54 km

Villages closest to Khiriachatan

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 Khiriachatan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriachatan village had a population of 253. That makes it the 216th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Khiriachatan village has 138 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriachatan has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Khiriachatan is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiriachatan covers 82.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiriachatan falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khiriachatan is Nawadih, about 3.3 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 Khiriachatan.

Khiriachatan is about 54 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiriachatan is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 3.3 km away. Dhanwar is about 14 km away. Kodarma is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.