About Kharkho Village

Kharkho is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 126 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharkho Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharkho village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	126
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 Kharkho compares

By the 2011 count Kharkho is the 139th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Kharkho

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

Kharkho lies about 18 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jitpur, about 13 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 Kharkho
Nearest railway station	Jitpur	13 km
District headquarters	Giridih	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	20 km

Villages closest to Kharkho

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharkho village had a population of 242. That makes it the 139th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Kharkho village has 126 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharkho has about 921 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 Kharkho is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharkho covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharkho falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharkho is Jitpur, about 13 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 Kharkho.

Kharkho is about 18 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharkho is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Jitpur is about 13 km away. Giridih is about 18 km away. Dumri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.