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About Khakhikalan Village

Khakhikalan is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,839, made up of 960 males and 879 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakhikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhikalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 825107
Area (hectares) 346 hectares
Population 1,839
Male Population 960
Female Population 879
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khakhikalan compares

By the 2011 count Khakhikalan is the 36th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Khakhikalan

Khakhikalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khakhikalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karmatungri, Kasibera, Kasmhakurha and Katsarua. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khakhikalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhikalan village had a population of 1,839. That makes it the 36th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Khakhikalan village has 960 males and 879 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhikalan has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Khakhikalan is 825107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khakhikalan covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakhikalan falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Khakhikalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khakhikalan.

Khakhikalan is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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