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About Telkhara Village

Telkhara is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,683, made up of 869 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telkhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telkhara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 825107
Area (hectares) 350 hectares
Population 1,683
Male Population 869
Female Population 814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Telkhara compares

By the 2011 count Telkhara is the 42nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Telkhara

Telkhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Telkhara as Available within <5 km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telkhara from other places

Telkhara lies about 32 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 2.5 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 Telkhara
Nearest railway station Chegro 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumri 6.1 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 21 km
District headquarters Giridih 32 km

Villages closest to Telkhara

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 Telkhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Telkhara village had a population of 1,683. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Telkhara village has 869 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telkhara has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

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

Telkhara covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Telkhara falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Telkhara is Chegro, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Telkhara.

Telkhara is about 32 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telkhara is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Chegro is about 2.5 km away. Dumri is about 6.1 km away. Barki Saria is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganodih (under 2 km), Kalhawar (under 2 km) and Chegro (1.9 km).

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

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