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About Khechgari Village

Khechgari is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,122, made up of 560 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 818206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khechgari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khechgari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 818206
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 1,122
Male Population 560
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
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 Khechgari compares

By the 2011 count Khechgari is the 60th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Khechgari

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

Khechgari lies about 43 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Parasnath, about 7.9 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 Khechgari
Tehsil headquarters Dumri 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Parasnath 7.9 km
Nearest town Kāro 20 km
District headquarters Giridih 43 km

Villages closest to Khechgari

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.

Common questions about Khechgari

As per the Census of India 2011, Khechgari village had a population of 1,122. That makes it the 60th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Khechgari village has 560 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khechgari has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Khechgari is 818206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khechgari covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khechgari falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khechgari is Parasnath, about 7.9 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 Khechgari.

Khechgari is about 43 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khechgari is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 5.3 km away. Parasnath is about 7.9 km away. Kāro is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jobhi Pipradih (2.3 km), Pipardih (2.3 km) and Pipradih (2.3 km).

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

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