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About Khuturgurho Village

Khuturgurho is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 488 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuturgurho Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuturgurho village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 825320
Area (hectares) 443 hectares
Population 926
Male Population 488
Female Population 438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
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 Khuturgurho compares

By the 2011 count Khuturgurho is the 72nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 443 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 969.

Getting to Khuturgurho

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

Khuturgurho lies about 18 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jitpur, about 11 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 Khuturgurho
Nearest railway station Jitpur 11 km
District headquarters Giridih 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumri 22 km

Villages closest to Khuturgurho

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 Khuturgurho

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuturgurho village had a population of 926. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Khuturgurho village has 488 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuturgurho has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Khuturgurho is 825320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuturgurho covers 443 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuturgurho falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khuturgurho is Jitpur, about 11 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 Khuturgurho.

Khuturgurho 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.

Khuturgurho is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Jitpur is about 11 km away. Giridih is about 18 km away. Dumri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagabad (1.9 km), Gurha (2.3 km) and Arwatanr (2.7 km).

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

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