About Kharsan Village

Kharsan is a large village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,155, made up of 1,534 males and 1,621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharsan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharsan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	652 hectares
Population	3,155
Male Population	1,534
Female Population	1,621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kharsan compares

By the 2011 count Kharsan is the 8th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 652 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Kharsan

Kharsan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharsan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharsan from other places

Kharsan lies about 69 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, about 25 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 Kharsan
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	25 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	69 km

Villages closest to Kharsan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharsan village had a population of 3,155. That makes it the 8th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Kharsan village has 1,534 males and 1,621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharsan has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kharsan is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharsan covers 652 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharsan falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharsan is Maheshpur, about 25 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kharsan.

Kharsan is about 69 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharsan is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 7.8 km away. Maheshpur is about 25 km away. Kodarma is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.