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About Khakhaswakoni Village

Khakhaswakoni is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7, made up of 3 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakhaswakoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhaswakoni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 62.36 hectares
Population 7
Male Population 3
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,333
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khakhaswakoni compares

By the 2011 count Khakhaswakoni is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 62.36 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Khakhaswakoni

Khakhaswakoni is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khakhaswakoni as Available within <5 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 Khakhaswakoni from other places

Khakhaswakoni lies about 66 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Khakhaswakoni
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 25 km
Nearest town Kodarma 35 km
District headquarters Giridih 66 km

Villages closest to Khakhaswakoni

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.

Common questions about Khakhaswakoni

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhaswakoni village had a population of 7. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Khakhaswakoni village has 3 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhaswakoni has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Khakhaswakoni covers 62.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khakhaswakoni falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khakhaswakoni is Dhanwar, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khakhaswakoni.

Khakhaswakoni is about 66 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakhaswakoni is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 25 km away. Kodarma is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koni (under 2 km), Siri (under 2 km) and Darbedih (1.7 km).

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

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